One of the high-risk steps was the intubation, which involves inserting a breathing tube into the trachea after anesthesia. If standard methods failed, doctors would need to swiftly perform an ...

Conservationist Jane Goodall said, "It actually doesn't take much to be considered a difficult woman. That's why there are so many of us." After conservationist and primatologist Jane Goodall died at ...

It’s time that we universally stand up as an industry to combat the demons that try to squash our ambitions toward successful airway management, whether that’s via endotracheal intubation or ...

Objectives: Some trauma patients have an undiagnosed cervical spine injury but require immediate airway control. This paper reports an emergency department’s (ED) experience with these patients. In ...

1 Senior Staff Specialist, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 2 Professor and Head, Department of Anaesthesia ...

In a US study of patients without cardiac arrest who required prehospital intubation, rapid sequence intubation (RSI), involving the use of a sedative and paralytic, was associated with increased odds ...

Objective To determine the incidence, indicators and clinical impact of difficult tracheal intubations in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Design Retrospective review of prospectively ...

These six books can help ease tensions. By Louisa Kamps Earlier in my career, I worked for a hot-tempered woman who, according to an office rumor, had thrown a shoe at one of my predecessors. Rattled ...

Introduction Difficult airway management during tracheal intubation can lead to severe hypoxic sequelae. Routine intubation practice is to use a strict supine position, whereas a 25° head-up or ...