OBJECTIVE Endotracheal intubation of patients is an effective method for controlling airway and breathing. However, laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation is not easy in every case. There is a recent abundance of equipment used for controlling ventilation and intubation. Airtraq is one of those equipments. In this study, our main objective is to compare the success rates of the Airtraq and Ma...

BACKGROUND Accuracy of upper lip bite test (ULBT) has been compared with the Mallampati classification. In this study, we investigated whether the combination of the ULBT classification with sternomental distance (SMD), thyromental distance (TMD), and interincisor distance (IID) or a composite score can improve the ability to predict easy laryngoscopy and intubation compared with each test alon...

PURPOSE To investigate the characteristics of difficult intubation and identify novel efficient predictors in patients with acromegaly. METHODS Patients with either untreated acromegaly or non-functional pituitary adenomas were enrolled. Patients with acromegaly underwent hormone assays, upper airway computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging examinations and preoperative overnight po...

Nghiên cứu mô tả, tiến nhằm xác định tỉ lệ và các yếu tố tiên lượng thông khí bằng mask mặt khó (Difficult Mask Ventilation: DMV) khi khởi mê tại Bệnh viện Bạch Mai. Phân độ Richard Han được dùng để đánh giá mức khó. Tỉ xử lý. Kết quả 550 bệnh nhân người lớn gây toàn thân phẫu thuật có chuẩn bị trong 6 tháng năm 2021. Thông nhận ở 15 (2,7%). Các độc lập gồm: Mất răng hai hàm; chỉ số khối cơ thể...

INTRODUCTION Difficult tracheal intubation is a common source of mortality and morbidity in surgical and critical care settings. The incidence reported of difficult tracheal intubation is 0.1%-13% and reaches 14% in the obese population. The objective of our retrospective study was to investigate and compare the utility of body mass index (BMI) as indicator of difficult tracheal intubation in m...