INTRODUCTION Post-operative sore throat and cough are common complications of endotracheal intubation. These conditions may be very distressing for the patient and may lead to unpleasant memories. This study was performed in order to determine whether beclomethasone and lidocaine spray could reduce the frequency of post-operative sore throat and hoarseness after tracheal extubation. MATERIALS...

Post-traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst is an uncommon cavitary lesion of the lung, which generally develops after blunt chest trauma. We saw a 22-year-old man with chest trauma, hemopneumothorax, and hemoptysis, on the day he fell from an electrical pylon. Intubation in the emergency department was followed by 4 days of mechanical ventilation. Computed tomogram found a post-traumatic pulmonary pse...

The aim of this case report is to present an incidental finding a firm tracheal septum in 61-year-old woman. patient was admitted the hospital with mild dyspnea and preliminary diagnosis subglottic stenosis. During microlaryngoscopy, just below stenosis, firm, vertical symphysis (septum), forming double-lumen trachea found. There no record any previous difficulties intubation. A computed tomogr...

RATIONALE Critically ill patients are predisposed to oxyhemoglobin desaturation during intubation. OBJECTIVES To find out whether noninvasive ventilation (NIV), as a preoxygenation method, is more effective at reducing arterial oxyhemoglobin desaturation than usual preoxygenation during orotracheal intubation in hypoxemic, critically ill patients. METHODS Prospective randomized study perfor...

Fredrik Ander (2017): Perioperaive complications in obese patients. A thesis on risk reducing strategies. Örebro Studies in Medicine 167. Aspiration of gastric content and delayed or failed intubation are the leading causes of anesthesia-related mortality and morbidity. In the recovery period, airway obstruction with subsequent hypoxia is a relatively common cause of morbidity, and is highly as...

INTRODUCTION T-piece resuscitator (TPR) has many advantages compared to self-inflating bag (SIB). Early Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) during newborn resuscitation (NR) with TPR at delivery can reduce intubation rate. METHODS We speculated that the intubation rate at delivery room was high because SIB had always been used during NR and this can be improved with TPR. Intubation rat...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an inflammatory process in the lungs that results hypoxemia and decreased lung compliance. Invasive mechanical ventilation prone positioning have proven benefits management of patients with severe ARDS. Post-extubation rehabilitation programs are equally important for recovery these patients. We reporting case a 30-year-old male ARDS where protectiv...

BACKGROUND While early extubation after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been associated with resource savings, its effect on patient outcomes remains unclear. The goal of the present investigation was to evaluate whether early extubation can be performed safely in elderly CABG patients in community practice. METHODS We studied 6,446 CABG patients, aged 65 years and older, treated a...

Postintubation Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) is a rare complication. Acquired TEF most commonly occurred following prolonged mechanical ventilation with an endotracheal or tracheostomy tube, cuff-related tracheal injury, post-intubation injury. We present a case of both tracheomegaly and tracheosephagial fistula following mechanical ventilation for 15 days, in the light of the literature.