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Effectiveness of high-flow nasal cannula therapy on clinical outcomes in adults with COVID-19: A systematic review [PDF]
Introduction/Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has high transmissibility and mortality rates. High-flow nasal cannula therapy (HFNC) might reduce the need for orotracheal intubation, easing the burden on the health system caused by COVID-19.
Daiana Gonçalves Arruda+2 more
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Early percutaneous dilational tracheostomy in COVID‐19 patients: A case report
The need of intubation and mechanical ventilation is associated with poor prognosis in COVID‐19 patients. Herein, we present two cases of patients with COVID‐19 where intubation and mechanical ventilation failed, and therefore, percutaneous dilatational ...
Saeid Marzban‐Rad+3 more
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Early versus delayed intubation and technique in COVID-19
Background: Novel coronavirus 2019 is the cause of the 2020 pandemic that was announced by the world health organization in March 2020. Coronavirus attacks the respiratory system and causes mild to severe hypoxemia.
Zahid Hussain Khan+4 more
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Inner Lumen Tracheostomy Tube Capable of Continuous Monitoring of Cuff Pressure [PDF]
Tracheostomy is one of the most important airway management procedures in patients with respiratory problems. This procedure might be the only option for patients with airway and respiratory problems, who are not able to have an appropriate ventilation ...
Vahid Saadatmand+3 more
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Background: Glidescope video-laryngoscope (GVL) is an invaluable equipment for patients with anticipated difficult intubations that aids in visualizing the vocal cords out of line-of-sight. However, despite the ease in the visualization and shortening of
Mary Benita Jeyakumar+3 more
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Background and Aims: Airtraq has been found to be useful in improving the view of the glottis. However, directing the tube tip into the glottis can be challenging during nasotracheal intubation.
Teena Bansal+2 more
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Implementation of Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Nonintubated Patients
Background: Although extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is generally performed percutaneously, the technology is deployed under sedation and necessitates endotracheal intubation.
Hyeon A Kim+5 more
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BackgroundEndotracheal intubation is a common procedure in Neonatal Intensive Care. While cuffed endotracheal tubes (ETT) are the standard of care in adults and children, their use in infants is controversial.
Katharina Bibl+7 more
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Semi-supervised Quality Evaluation of Colonoscopy Procedures [PDF]
Colonoscopy is the standard of care technique for detecting and removing polyps for the prevention of colorectal cancer. Nevertheless, gastroenterologists (GI) routinely miss approximately 25% of polyps during colonoscopies. These misses are highly operator dependent, influenced by the physician skills, experience, vigilance, and fatigue.
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Predicting intubation support requirement of patients using Chest X-ray with Deep Representation Learning [PDF]
Recent developments in medical imaging with Deep Learning presents evidence of automated diagnosis and prognosis. It can also be a complement to currently available diagnosis methods. Deep Learning can be leveraged for diagnosis, severity prediction, intubation support prediction and many similar tasks.
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