Methods Patients requiring pre-hospital intubation in a physician– led pre-hospital trauma service over 16 months were included. Intubation success rate, misplaced tracheal tube rate, Cormack and Lehane grade and the presence and nature of gross airway contamination were recorded at laryngoscopy. Tube placement was verified with carbon dioxide detection and chest x-ray. After visual assessment ...

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to review the experiences of an anesthesiology department regarding the use of a C-MAC videolaryngoscope in unexpected failed intubation attempts. METHODS Data were analyzed from 42 patients whose intubation attempts using Macintosh direct laryngoscopes had failed, and on whom a C-MAC videolaryngoscope was utilized as the primary rescue ...

BACKGROUND Super-obese patients are at increased risk of difficult mask ventilation and difficult intubation. Therefore, devices that allow for simultaneous ventilation/oxygenation during attempts to visualize the entrance to the larynx, increase patient safety. TotalTrack video intubating laryngeal mask is a new device that allows for ventilation during intubation efforts. PATIENTS AND METHO...

BACKGROUND Cervical spine immobilization results in a poor laryngeal view on direct laryngoscopy leading to difficulty in intubation. This randomized prospective study was designed to compare the laryngeal view and ease of intubation with the Macintosh, McCoy, and TruView laryngoscopes in patients with immobilized cervical spine. MATERIALS AND METHODS 60 adult patients of ASA grade I-II with ...

BACKGROUND McGrath MAC video laryngoscope offers excellent laryngosopic views and increases the success rate of orotracheal intubation in some cases. The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of McGrath MAC for routine nasotracheal intubation by comparing McGrath MAC with Airway scope and Macintosh laryngoscope. METHODS A total of 60 adult patients with ASA physical status class 1...

There are a number of potential physical advantages to performing orotracheal intubation in an upright position. The objective of this study was to measure the success of intubation of a simulated patient in an upright versus supine position by novice intubators after brief training. This was a cross-over design study in which learners (medical students, physician assistant students, and parame...

Background: To keep the airway open, a flexible plastic tube (ETT) is inserted into trachea during tracheal intubation. Even when done correctly, intubation requires much clinical experience, and catastrophic problems can occur. Mandibular space has been estimated using hyomental distance (HMD), although HMD only found to provide limited amount of diagnostic accuracy on its own. In order determ...

Background: Securing airway and adequate ventilation after induction of anesthesia is the utmost priority anesthesiologists, failure that can lead to hypoxic brain injury death in a few minutes. Aims Objectives: The aims this study were ascertain role ultrasonography predicting difficult intubation by comparing different ultrasonographic parameters. Materials Methods: One hundred patients poste...