The Bonfils retromolar intubation fiberscope is a rigid endoscope designed to enable glottic visualization and facilitate intubation under endoscopic vision. Theoretically, avoiding direct-vision laryngoscopy and thus could produce less stimulation during intubation than the conventional direct laryngoscopic procedure. This prospective randomized study was designed to compare the effect of trac...

BACKGROUND We evaluated the effects of conventional tracheal tube orientation on success of intubation through an intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA) in Mallampati class 3 or 4 patients. METHODS Two hundred adults, ASA I-II, Mallampati class 3 or 4, undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthesia were enrolled. All the patients were randomly allocated to either normal or reverse gro...

BACKGROUND Tracheal intubation with conventional laryngoscopy requires many trials until beginners are sufficiently skilled in intubating patients safely. To facilitate intubation, the authors used retrograde light-guided laryngoscopy (RLGL) and compared its feasibility with conventional direct laryngoscopy (DL). METHODS Twenty operators participated in a prospective, randomized, open-label, ...

SUMMARY Tracheal intubation using direct laryngoscopy has a high failure rate when performed by untrained medical personnel. This study compares tracheal intubation following direct laryngoscopy by inexperienced medical students when initially trained by using either the GlideScope, a video assisted laryngoscope, or a rigid (Macintosh) laryngoscope. Forty-two medical students with no previous e...

OBJECTIVES To describe the experience of the emergency department of a pediatric hospital with rapid sequence intubation (RSI) and to identify the factors associated with successful intubation. METHODS This prospective, observational, cross-sectional study conducted from July 2005 to December 2007 consisted of collection of data regarding tracheal intubations performed at the emergency depart...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : hypertension and tachycardia caused by tracheal intubation can be detrimental in hypertensive patients. this study was conducted in order to compare the effects of dexmedetomidine on hemodynamic response to tracheal intubation in hypertensive patients with esmolol and sufentanyl. methods : sixty hypertensive pati...

BACKGROUND Chilean medical schools curricula are focused on the acquisition of competencies. Tracheal intubation is considered a terminal competence. AIM To evaluate the competencies related to airway management including tracheal intubation in undergraduate medical students. MATERIAL AND METHODS Prospective observational study. Thirty medical students in the sixth year of a seven years und...

BACKGROUND It has been suggested that predicting difficult tracheal intubation is useless because of the poor predictive capacity of individual signs and scores. The authors tested the hypothesis that an accurate prediction of difficult tracheal intubation using simple clinical signs is possible using a computer-assist model. METHODS In a cohort of 1,655 patients, the authors analyzed the pre...

Tracheal rupture is a rare complication of endotracheal intubation. We present a case of tracheal rupture that was diagnosed intraoperatively after the use of an NIM EMG endotracheal tube. A 66-year-old female with a recurrent multinodular goiter was scheduled for total thyroidectomy. Induction of anesthesia was uncomplicated. Intubation was atraumatic using a 6 mm NIM EMG endotracheal tube (ET...