INTRODUCTION Achieving a secure airway in rabbits is generally considered more difficult than in cats or dogs. Their relatively large tongue, small oropharyngeal cavity and glottis limit direct visualization. A rabbit-specific supraglottic airway device (SGAD) may offer benefits over blind orotracheal intubation. ANIMALS AND METHODS Fifteen adult New Zealand white rabbits were randomized to S...

BACKGROUND Variations in body weight and length (height) in children in the same age group have increased. Traditional age-based formulas often fail to predict the correct endotracheal tube (ETT) size. In our previous study, we devised a new length-based formula as follows: ETT internal diameter (ID) (mm) = 2 + (body length in cm/30). The current study was undertaken to assess the accuracy of t...

readily be achieved with the inverted insertion (i.e., with the concave surface facing backward) of a polyvinyl chloride endotracheal tube.2 They attributed their success, in part, to the more anatomic direction of the tube on emergence from the Fastrach laryngeal mask airway with the inverted tube insertion technique. A similar “hang up” is often seen during tracheal intubation using the Bulla...

OBJECTIVE To compare the use of flexible laryngeal mask airway (LMA) and endotracheal tube (ETT) in pediatric adenotonsillectomy. DESIGN Prospective randomized trial. SETTING Tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS One hundred thirty-one children (aged 2-12 years). Exclusion criteria were body mass index (calculated as the weight in kilograms divided by the height in meters squared) greater than...

results participants in all groups were similar in terms of gender, age, weight, height, and mallampati class. the mean ± sd of sbps (105.62 ± 12.12, 112.90 ± 12.2, and 112.48 ± 15.14 mm hg, respectively for ett, lma-c, and lma-s) and dbps (64.64 ± 10.23, 73.78 ± 9.70, and 71.20 ± 12.27 mm hg, respectively for ett, lma-c, and lma-s) were significantly lower in the ett group compared to lma grou...

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To the Editor:—We read with interest the case report by Williams et al. of an accidental middle turbinectomy during nasotracheal intubation. Though the authors stated it as being the first case, there have been some earlier reports on middle turbinectomy. Prewarming of endotracheal tube (ETT) to soften, lubricating of the ETT, and using a vasoconstrictor have been recommended to reduce trauma d...