Difficult Airway Management
Detailed statistical analysis plan for the difficult airway management (DIFFICAIR) trial
... of difficult airway management may reduce complications and, thereby, asso- ciated morbidity and ...predicting difficult tracheal intub- ation ...of difficult tracheal intubation, the ...
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<p>Prediction of difficult airway management in traumatic cervical spine injury: influence of retropharyngeal space extension</p>
... upper airway obstruction and difficult airway ...with difficult intubation by direct laryngoscopy in traumatic cervical spine ...and difficult laryngoscopy were analyzed with logistic ...
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Human and equipment resources for difficult airway management, airway education programs, and capnometry use in Japanese emergency departments: a nationwide cross-sectional study
... more difficult than elective ETI in the operating room (OR), because of the more critical patient population, the lesser controlled setting, and the inadequate opportunity for a complete evaluation of the patient ...
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Success rates of pre-hospital difficult airway management: a quality control study evaluating an in-hospital training program
... emergency services [8, 9], the Austrian curriculum for training of emergency physicians does not include any mandatory clinical practice at all [10]. After doctors have achieved their license to practice as a general ...
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Two case reports of unexpected tracheal agenesis in the neonate: 3 C’s beyond algorithms for difficult airway management
... “ difficult tracheal intubation ” was mentioned at ...significant airway leak despite adequate ETT size and tracheal suctioning never yielding normal tracheal aspirates but rather sal- iva-like ...and ...
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Evolving Frontiers in Severe Polytrauma Management Refining the Essential Principles
... crucial. Difficult-airway-management (DAM) is by a structured 5-level ...Non-operative management is a viable option in rapid responders in ...
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Reintubation in critically ill patients: procedural complications and implications for care
... the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Hospital. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Total Quality Council and the University of Pittsburgh Internal Review Board approved all aspects of this ...
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Original Article Comparison of endotracheal intubation and a new-generation supraglottic airway device in training of difficult airway: a manikin study
... supraglottic airway devices (SAD) in difficult airway management during cardiopulmonary resuscitation ...secure airway in the ...
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The difficult airway in the emergency department
... The difficult airway is a challenge to both the emergency physician and the ...requiring airway management as a result of acute medical or surgical conditions which by themselves contribute to ...
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Airway Management- Need For Indian Guidelines and Protocols
... and management of difficult airway are two most important tasks for the ...to difficult airway are known to be the primary cause of life threatening anesthesia related morbidity and ...
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Rigid fibrescope Bonfils: use in simulated difficult airway by novices
... to difficult airway management ...potentially difficult airway ...emergency airway manage- ment ...until airway was secured using Bonfils and Macintosh laryngoscope in ...
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Can HRCT be used as a marker of airway remodelling in children with difficult asthma?
... with difficult asthma, who underwent bronchos- copy, EB and HRCT between January 2000 and November 2002 were identified and studied ...structural airway abnor- malities or significant ...severity. ...
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Radiological assessment of difficult airway in thyroid malignancy – a retrospective case study
... is difficult to manage. Airway management in large and retro-sternal thyroid malignancy with tracheal compression is often met with challenges, where radiological assessment plays a vital role in ...
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A Prospective Observational Study to Determine the Usefulness of Ultrasound Guided Airway Assessment Preoperatively in Predicting Difficult Airway
... ultrasound airway assessment was done to measure the thickness of soft tissues in the anterior neck at 3 levels namely (a) hyoid bone, (b) thyrohyoid membrane and (c) suprasternal ...
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Use of Laryngeal Mask Airway in the Management of a Difficult Airway: A Case Report
... in management of the airway occurs most frequently in patients who have Mallampati grade III and IV, and other unfavourable airway findings like short neck, restriction in range of motion of the ...
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The Use of McGrath® MAC Video Laryngoscope in Difficult Airway
... Her airway assessment revealed Malampatti class 2, thyromental distance of 4 cm with normal mouth opening and no limitation of neck ...However difficult airway was encountered during two previous ...
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Reinke’s Oedema Presenting as Stridor: Implications for Otolaryngologists in Difficult Airway
... Reinke’s oedema is fluid collection in the lamina propria of the true vocal cords, which is one of the five layers, deep to the squamous epithelial layer, and super- ficial to the superficial layer of the lamina propria ...
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Evaluation of Intubating Parameters in Patients with Difficult Airway Using King Vision and Endolite
... The Endolite is often preferred to use because of its ease of technique, safety and less cervical movement when compared to direct laryngoscopy 18 . Endolite is little affected by the factors like a limited mouth opening ...
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The GlideScope® Video Laryngoscope and the Macintosh Laryngoscope Compared in a Simulated Difficult Airway with Immobilization and Bleeding—A Randomized, Prospective, Crossover Study
... The initial publications utilized patients as study sub- jects [2,3,6-8,12,17,18], while more recent reports, in- cluding this study, chose to use simulated airway models [4,5,10,11,13-16]. We are not aware of any ...
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Difficult tracheal intubation in critically ill
... physiologically difficult airway. Airway in ICU can be classified as anatomically difficult, physiologically difficult and anatomically as well as physiologically ...securing ...
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