background: tracheal intubation is used in general anesthesia and often leads to traumatization of the airway mucosa. these complications can cause postoperative morbidity. this study was designed to determine the effect of ketamine spraying on the endotracheal tube cuff on sore throat, cough, and hoarseness during the first 24 hours of the postoperative period. methods: 120 healthy women with ...

PURPOSE It is generally accepted that using a video laryngoscope is associated with an improved visualization of the glottis. However, correctly placing the endotracheal tube might be challenging. Channeled video laryngoscopic blades have an endotracheal tube already pre-loaded, allowing to advance the tube once the glottis is visualized. We hypothesized that use of a channel blade with pre-loa...

in 1986 altemir, for the first time, described submental intubation for maxillofacial cases. a problem with the technique is that the edges of the tube may damage the anatomic tissues of the mouth floor. to avoid such damages, a modification of this technique using nasal speculum is presented here. moreover, with this technique blood and detached tissues cannot enter into the endotracheal tube ...

Corresponding author: Eunju Lee, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, 75, Nowon-gil (215-4 Gongneung-dong), Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-706, Korea. Tel: 82-2-970-2820, Fax: 82-2-970-2413, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons...

Leaking endotracheal tube cuffs are common problems in intensive care units. Repairing the leak is preferable to reintubation when patients have difficult airways, are hemodynamically unstable, or have been receiving high levels of PEEP Although endotracheal tube cuff leaks may result from a ruptured cuff balloon, the more common cause is an incompetent pilot balloon valve. Boussard et have rec...

The complications due to airway equipments remain to be one of the most challenging situations for the anesthesiologists. Any part of an endotracheal tube may cause a risk when it leads to an obstruction in the airway. Here, we present an increased airway pressure due to herniation of inflating tube of the cuff inside an armored (wire reinforced) endotracheal tube during neurosurgery in prone p...

BACKGROUND. Investigators report endotracheal tube misplacement in up to 40% of emergent intubations. The standard elements of confirmation have significant limitations. Diaphragmatic ultrasound is a potentially viable addition to the confirmatory process. Our primary hypothesis is that ultrasound is equivalent to chest radiography in determining endotracheal tube position within the airway in ...

Case 3 is a rare congenital abnormality of the inner ear which usually presents as recurrent meningitis. This abnormality is now well documented.4 It should be suspected as a cause of recurrent meningitis in a child who has a sensorineural deafness. The presence of fluid behind the tympanic membrane should make one suspicious and the diagnosis can be confirmed by tomograms of the inner ear. The...