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A content validity approach to creating an end-user computer skill assessment tool [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Practical assessment instruments are commonly used in the workplace and educational environments to assess a person's level of digital literacy and end-user computer skill.
Gibbs, Shirley F.   +2 more
core  

Difficult airway management resources and capnography use in Japanese intensive care units: a nationwide cross-sectional study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
PURPOSE: The availability of difficult airway management (DAM) resources and the extent of capnometry use in Japanese intensive care units (ICUs) remained unclear. The purpose of this study was to clarify whether: (1) DAM resources were adequate, and (2)
Inokuchi, Ryota   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Management of Vocal Fold Leukoplakia

open access: yesWorld Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vocal fold leukoplakia (VFL) is a descriptive term for a white plaque in the true vocal folds (TVF). It is estimated at 10.2 cases per 100,000 males and 2.1 per 100,000 females. The most critical aspect of managing a VLF is achieving an accurate pathological diagnosis, since a white plaque in the TVF can have numerous differential diagnoses ...
Isabela H. Schettini, Thomas L. Carroll
wiley   +1 more source

How Well Will AI Help Recognize Voice Disorders? A State‐of‐the‐art Review of Current Acoustic Assessment Strategies and Future Applications

open access: yesWorld Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To discuss the current clinical application and usefulness, shortcomings and future directions of traditional and artificial intelligence (AI)‐driven acoustic assessment techniques to detect voice dysfunction. Data Sources Literature review.
Meike Brockmann‐Bauser
wiley   +1 more source

Thyroid Cartilage Fracture Following Endotracheal Intubation

open access: yes
The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
T. Khalid   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dysphagia Is Associated With Need for Surgical Voice Restoration in Unilateral Vocal Fold Immobility

open access: yesWorld Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the association between patient‐reported dysphagia symptoms, measured by the Eating Assessment Tool‐10 (EAT‐10), and the need for surgical voice restoration in patients with unilateral vocal fold immobility (UVFI). Methods A retrospective chart review was conducted on adult patients (≥ 18 years) diagnosed with UVFI at a ...
Julian Purrinos   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using a disposable flexible fiberoptic scope as a bougie for difficult intubation

open access: yesJournal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
In this case report, we describe two difficult intubations in which an endotracheal tube was threaded over a fiberoptic bronchoscope that was acting as a bougie.
Daher K Rabadi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pattern of anaesthetic equipment contamination and infection prevention in anaesthesia practice at university hospitals

open access: yesIndian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2018
Background and Aims: Infection control is essential in anaesthetic practice for both personnel and equipment used. This study aims to evaluate knowledge of anaesthesiologists about infection control practices and to detect the pattern of anaesthetic ...
Rehab M Elsaid Tash   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Hemodynamic Response to Endotracheal Intubation Comparing the Airtraq® with Macintosh Laryngoscopes in Cardiac Surgical Patients

open access: yesActa informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH, 2015
Introduction: Cardiac patients are more prone to develop hemodynamic instability on induction of anesthesia and endotracheal intubation. The Airtraq® optical laryngoscope is a single-use rigid video laryngoscope that has been developed to facilitate ...
Aleksandra Gavrilovska-Brzanov   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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