Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the frequency of complications of endotracheal intubation (ETI) in neonates. Methods The newborns that were admitted and needed urgent or semi-urgent intubation were enrolled in this study over a 1 year period. Route for intubation in all cases were orotracheal. Cases were not routinely sedated or paralyzed. The patients were clinically and rad...

arterial CO2 values. Ten white rabbits (mean weight, 2.00±0.2 [SD] kg) underwent tracheostomy under anesthesia with pentobarbital. The trachea was intubated with an endotracheal tube with a second lumen for sampling respiratory gas at the distal tip. Capuometrywas performed through the lumen (CO,d) and the proximal end of the endotracheal tube (CO p). The internal carotid artery was cannulated ...

In cases of multiple facial trauma and other specific cases, the anesthesiologist may be asked to convert an oral endotracheal tube to a nasal endotracheal tube or vice versa. Conventionally, the patient is simply extubated and the endotracheal tube is re-inserted along either the oral or nasal route. However, the task of airway management can become difficult due to surgical trauma or worsenin...

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 ...

Introduction: In 1941, Murphy introduced an intratracheal catheter with a side vent (“Murphy eye”) to prevent complete airway obstruction should the distal end of the endotracheal tube become occluded (1). Various complications associated with the presence of the Murphy eye have been reported, including the lodging of fiberoptic bronchoscopes (2,3) and suction catheters (4) in the Murphy eye ne...

Endotracheal intubation was carried out in 11 common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). A commercially available tilting stand and a Miller laryngoscope blade were used to visualize the larynx. Anaesthesia was induced with alphaxalone (10.6 ± 1.6 mg/kg intramuscularly, followed by 3.2 ± 1.2 mg/kg intravenously). The diameter of the proximal trachea easily fitted an endotracheal tube made from read...

To determine the accuracy of the Esophageal Detector Bulb (EDB) in the aeromedical setting, we conducted a prospective, observational study of all intubated patients transported by an aeromedical program over two years. Flight personnel recorded the results of the EDB, clinical examination, pulse oximetry, and capnography (ETCO(2)). Endotracheal tube position was confirmed by prehospital ETCO(2...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Studies show the importance of monitoring neuromuscular function in preventing the residual block. However, most anesthesiologists in their daily practice base their evaluation of the recovery of neuromuscular function on clinical data. The aim of this study was to assess the degree of neuromuscular blockade in children undergoing general anesthesia at the time of bloc...

There are circumstances when induction of general anesthesia followed by direct laryngoscopy and intubation is contraindicated. This case report describes and presents a protocol for a method of endotracheal intubation that combines the benefits of light wand and fiberoptic techniques. The patient was a 73-year-old male with a history of two cervical fusions. He was reported to be "unintubatabl...