The aim of this study was to analyze the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc displacement and articular sounds incidence after orotracheal intubation. A prospective cohort study was conducted in the Hospital Universitário do Oeste do Paraná (HUOP), in Cascavel, Brazil. 100 patients (aged 14-74 years, mean 44 years), 34 male and 66 female, in need of surgical procedure with orotracheal intubation...

BACKGROUND In this study, the authors determined the success and failure rates for interns learning bag-and-mask ventilation and orotracheal intubation. Their goal was to determine the amount of experience needed to perform these procedures correctly. METHODS The authors recorded 695 bag-and-mask ventilations and 679 orotracheal intubations performed by 15 inexperienced interns during their 3...

Background. Tracheal intubation is a potentially life-saving procedure. This skill is taught to many anesthetic healthcare professionals, including nurse anesthetists. Our goal was to evaluate the learning ability of nurse anesthetist trainees in their performance of orotracheal intubation with the Macintosh laryngoscope. Methods. Eleven nurse anesthetist trainees were enrolled in the study dur...

We experienced a similar situation in a five-year-old boy who had a giant lingual hemangioma which filled the entire oral cavity (Fig 1). Squeezing the hemangioma manually with a wet gauze decompressed the hemangioma to a great extent (Fig 2) which facilitated induction of general anesthesia and orotracheal intubation. An oral airway was gently inserted above the tongue into the oral cavity. An...

background: to determine if the glidescope® videolaryngoscope (gvl) could attenuate the hemodynamic responses to orotracheal intubation compared with conventional macintosh laryngoscope. objectives: the aim of this relatively large randomized trial was to compare the hemodynamic stress responses during laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation using gvl versus mcl amongst healthy adult individuals r...

Post-intubation tracheal injury is a rare and potentially fatal complication. Among the most common causes, cuff overinflation and repetitive attempts of orotracheal intubation in emergency situations are paramount. Diagnosis is based on clinical and radiological suspicion, confirmed by fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Both conservative and surgical management apply, and the decision-making process dep...

OBJECTIVE Current guidelines recommend cervical spine immobilization during orotracheal intubation when traumatic injury is suspected in infants. We evaluated the effect of cervical spine immobilization techniques on orotracheal intubation performance with a high-fidelity infant simulator. METHODS A randomized control study with repeated measurement. Nonanesthesia pediatric practitioners cert...

Purpose: GlideScope videolaryngoscope (GVL, Verathon Medical Inc., Bothell, WA, USA) assisted orotracheal intubation is a useful technique for patients who are difficult to intubate, but who can be mask ventilated. The effect of muscle relaxants on the success of GVL intubation has not been evaluated. The authors conducted a prospective, placebo-controlled study to assess the effectiveness and ...