BACKGROUND This project was devised to estimate the incidence of major complications of airway management during anaesthesia in the UK and to study these events. METHODS Reports of major airway management complications during anaesthesia (death, brain damage, emergency surgical airway, unanticipated intensive care unit admission) were collected from all National Health Service hospitals for 1...

BACKGROUND In Sweden, airway guidelines aimed toward improving patient safety have been recommended by the Swedish Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine. Adherence to evidence-based airway guidelines is known to be generally poor in Sweden. The aim of this study was to determine whether airway guidelines are present in Swedish anaesthesia departments. METHODS A nationwide postal ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To examine associations between quality of care, short- and long-term treatment-related outcomes, and costs in elderly patients treated for laryngeal squamous cell cancer (SCCA). STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare data. METHODS We evaluated longitudinal data from 2,370 patients diagnosed with laryngeal SCCA from ...

This report concerns the inference of geometric and mechanical airway characteristics based on information derived from a single transient planar wave recorded at the airway opening. We describe a new method to simultaneously measure upper airway area and respiratory input impedance by performing dual analysis of a single pressure wave. The algorithms required to reconstruct airway dimensions a...

Acute respiratory failure (ARF) occurs in less than 0.1% of pregnancies; however, it is one of the most common reasons for obstetric admissions to the intensive care unit (ICU) and carries a high mortality for both mother and fetus. Pulmonary physiological and anatomic adaptations during pregnancy affect the overall management, as well as predispose patients to complications during respiratory ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the sensitivity and specificity of airway fluoroscopy in the diagnosis of pediatric laryngotracheal abnormalities. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS Thirty-nine children, with a mean age of 18 months at the time of evaluation, were evaluated for stridor. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Diagnoses made by airway fluoroscopy...

Extraglottic airway (EGA) devices have been used by both physicians and prehospital providers for several decades. The original TCCC Guidelines published in 1996 included a recommendation to use the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) as an option to assist in securing the airway in Tactical Evacuation (TACEVAC) phase of care. A variety of EGAs have been used in combat casualty care over the past 20 ye...

BACKGROUND Surfing is an increasingly popular activity and surfing-related injuries have increased accordingly. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no reports of penetrating upper airway injuries in surfers. We present a "cannot ventilate, cannot intubate" situation following penetrating neck injury by a surfboard fin. CASE PRESENTATION A previously healthy 29-year-old Japanese m...

comes in men with obstructive sleep apnoea–hypopnoea with or without treatment with continuous positive airway pressure: an observational study. Lancet 2005;365:1046–1053. 13. Mansfield DR, Gollogly NC, Kaye DM, Richardson M, Bergin P, Naughton MT. Controlled trial of continuous positive airway pressure in obstructive sleep apnea and heart failure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004;169:361–366. 14...