OBJECTIVE To simultaneously record tracheal and oesophageal pH in mechanically ventilated children to determine: (1) the feasibility and safety of the method; (2) the incidence of gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) and pulmonary contamination; and (3) their associated risk factors. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Paediatric intensive care unit in a university hospital. PATIENTS Twenty mech...

Background To investigate the incidence of bronchial intubation in trauma patients intubated prehospital or in-hospital, in connection with receiving and treating of trauma patients at the Trauma Center at Aarhus University Hospital. To investigate whether the materials currently used for fixation of the tracheal tube ensures secure fixation of the tracheal tube. To investigate whether the meth...

Introduction Airway management is a priority in the care of any critically ill or injured patient. The insertion of a cuffed tracheal tube is essential to obtain an early and effective control of the airway. However, the attempted insertion of a tracheal tube under direct laryngoscopy is associated to a number of practical problems in pre-hospital trauma care. An extraglottic airway may be the ...

• absorb any blood, other bodily or external fluids or other material that may seep into the back of the patient’s throat and enter the oesophagus or lungs during surgery in the mouth (oral surgery) • to seal the area around the tracheal tube during provision of general anaesthesia and the surgical procedure, and thus prevent leakage of gases • stabilise the tracheal tube or a supraglottic airw...

INTRODUCTION Modern low-pressure, high-volume cuffed tracheotomy tubes have been shown to decrease tracheal injury. However, injury still occurs in patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation and prevents weaning, delays decannulation, prolongs hospitalization, and may totally obstruct the airway. We describe 37 patients, including the first reported case of failure to wean due to trach...

The aim of this study was to evaluate intravenous anaesthesia with alfaxalone for tracheal tube insertion in three species of agamid lizards. Alfaxalone, at a dose rate of 5 mg/kg, was administered intravenously to 80 inland bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps), 10 Rankin’s dragons (Pogona henrylawsoni) and 10 Chinese water dragons (Physignathus cocincinus) following 24 h of fasting. The righting...

Microbial biofilms has remained a major complication of tracheal intubation in patients requiring ventilator equipment. The aim of this study was to characterize bacterial and fungal biofilms in endotracheal tubes from intensive care unit (ICU) patients in Ahwaz, Iran. In this cross-sectional descriptive study, patients admitted to ICU that required mechanical ventilation for at least 24 hours ...

The use of silicone T tubes for intubation of malignant tracheobronchial strictures may provide some degree of palliation of this distressing condition. It was used in seven patients with malignant lesions and two with benign strictures (resulting from tracheal trauma and lung transplantation). Four patients (two with cancer) are still alive and well with the tube in position. All patients note...

The effects of tracheal tube of cuff on dog tracheal mucosa were studied by scanning electron microscopy. Additionally, specimens of human tracheal epithelium were investigated. The specimens obtained from total laryngetomy cases under endotracheal intubation anesthesia for 3 to 6 hours. In injured areas of dog and human tracheal mucosa normal ciliary arrangement was disturbed and the cilia bec...

T here are no objective criteria for selecting the size of a double-lumen endobronchial tube (DLT) (1). An inappropriately sized DLT can cause airway trauma and interfere with oxygenation and lung separation during one-lung ventilation. The goal of this study was to determine if measurement of tracheal diameter from the preoperative chest radiograph can be used to predict which size DLT to choo...