Background: Covid-19 is a highly contagious infection that affects healthcare personnel and patients in critical care units. Specifically, while doing endotracheal suctioning of patients, those having severe lung obstruction may have higher risk transmitting infections. The speedy emergence global extent this COVID-19 shaped major challenge the industry, mainly with unavailability personal prot...

BACKGROUND The pediatric literature addressing extubation readiness parameters and strategies to wean from mechanical ventilation is limited. METHODS We designed a survey to assess the use of extubation readiness parameters among pediatric critical care physicians at academic centers in the United States. RESULTS The overall response rate was 44.1% (417/945). The majority of respondents che...

Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FFB) is of great importance for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in pediatric respiratory management. However, lack of a built-in channel in commercially available ultrathin fiberscopes has limited its usefulness in neonates and infants. Bronchoscopic procedures, including suctioning, BAL, bronchography, and selective drug injection have instead been perform...

OBJECTIVES Endotracheal intubation success rates in the prehospital setting are variable. Our objective was to describe the challenges encountered and corrective actions taken during the process of endotracheal intubation by paramedics. DESIGN Analysis of prehospital airway management using a prospective registry that was linked to an emergency medical services administrative database. SETT...

INTRODUCTION Closed suctioning is commonly used in the context of high-setting mechanical ventilation (MV), given its ability to prevent lung volume loss that otherwise accompanies open suctioning. However, closed suctioning systems (CSS) are not equivalent regarding components and capabilities, and thus this technique may be differentially effective to adequately clear patient secretions from ...