OBJECTIVE. Airway management and endotracheal intubation may be required urgently when a patient deteriorates in an ambulance or aircraft during interhospital transfer or in a prehospital setting. The objectives of this study were: (1) to compare the effectiveness of conventional intubation by Macintosh laryngoscope in a moving ambulance versus that in a static ambulance; and (2) to compare the...

macinnis and baig modified altemirs’ original technique for sub‑mental intubation. instead of a lateral entry, they described a central entry just anterior to the sub‑mental crease that does not carry the risk of damage to the lingual nerves, submandibular ducts and sublingual glands. we describe here our experience with this modified sub‑mental intubation that also allows the operating surgeon...

background there have been many concerns about alteration in hemodynamic parameters within and shortly after endotracheal intubation (eti) in patients scheduled for elective coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg). objectives we compared the attenuation effect of magnesium sulfate and lidocaine on hemodynamic responses after eti, in patients undergoing cabg. patients and methods in this randomiz...

introduction: to describe a modified technique for submental intubation in severely traumatized maxillofacial patients and to evaluate complications arising from the procedure.  materials and methods: submental intubation was performed in twelve patients with maxillofacial trauma ,from 2007 – 2012, which were operated under general anesthesia for treatment of facial fractures. results: the pati...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of stenosis nature on success of silicone intubation for nasosolacrimal duct stenosis (nlds) in adults (patent nasolacrimal duct with resistance to positive-pressure irrigation) methods: an interventional case series of consecutive monocanalicular and bicanalicular silicone intubation for nasolacrimal duct stenosis in adults were reviewed. the severity of the ste...

conclusions the results of this study showed that remifentanil, similar to alfentanil, provided excellent conditions for endotracheal intubation when used with propofol for the induction of anesthesia; however, remifentanil improved the patency of the vocal cords to a greater extent than alfentanil. results there were no demographic data differences between groups (age, weight, and sex). furthe...

background: hemodynamic instability is common during tracheal intubation. the primary purpose of the present study is to evaluate the effect of different doses of remifentanil added to propofol on the hemodynamic profiles during tracheal intubation. methods: ninety patients, 40 to 70 years old, undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery under general anesthesia were randomly allocated into...