Tag: airway
Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 in Children
Results identify children at potentially higher risk of severe disease who may benefit from COVID-19 prevention efforts, including vaccination. Rates of severe COVID-19 establish a baseline for monitoring changes in pediatric... read more
Head Rotation in Anaesthetised Apnoeic Patients Significantly Increases Mask Ventilation Efficiency
Head rotation of 45° in anaesthetised apnoeic adults significantly increases the efficiency of mask ventilation compared with the neutral head position. Head rotation is an effective alternative to improve mask ventilation... read more
No Such Thing As a Simple Sedation Case
In my CA-2 year I encountered an elderly gentleman who needed an angiogram of his dialysis fistula. After starting the propofol infusion I placed an oral airway because his tongue obstructed his breathing by flipping back... read more
Prehospital Management of Trauma Patients with Rib Fractures
Rib fractures are associated with a direct, blunt force trauma to the thorax. It is estimated that 10% of all patients who were admitted to the hospital after blunt chest trauma have at least one rib fracture. In the prehospital... read more
Safety of RSI in an Emergency Training Network
Implementation of an evidence-based care bundle and audit of practice has created a safe environment for trainees to learn the core critical care skill of Rapid sequence intubation (RSI). In our setting, checklist use was... read more
Current airway management practices after a failed intubation attempt
The majority of second intubation attempts were undertaken by emergency consultants and registrars. A change from a non-consultant intubator to a consultant intubator of any specialty for the second attempt and intubation... read more
Airway closure, more harmful than atelectasis in intensive care?
Since the mid-1980s, atelectasis has been demonstrated during anesthesia in lung healthy subjects and in intensive care patients suffering from acute respiratory failure and requiring ventilator support. In the latter... read more
Manual of ICU Procedures
Manual of ICU Procedures is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to intensive care procedures. The book is divided into four anatomical sections, and a final miscellaneous section. Section one covers airway and respiratory,... read more
The Walls Manual of Emergency Airway Management
The Walls Manual of Emergency Airway Management is the world's most trusted reference on emergency airway management, and is the foundation text in the nationally recognized The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency and The... read more
New Study on Prehospital Airway Control Trial Underway
Emory University Department of Emergency Medicine and Grady Memorial Hospital will take part in a U.S. Department of Defense-funded clinical trial to compare different ways to help people with traumatic injuries breathe. The... read more
ED Management of Smoke Inhalation Injury in Adults
When treating patients who have suffered injury in a fire, managing their airway is as critical as treating their burns. Following on the February 2018 issue on Thermal Burns, this issue reviews strategies for diagnosing... read more
Does Head of Bed Elevation During Intubation Improve Patient Oriented Outcomes?
To date the study that has shown the biggest benefit to HOB elevation is the 2016 study performed by Khandelwal and colleagues in a teaching hospital system in Seattle, WA. 528 patients managed by anesthesiologists... read more
Airway Closure during Surgical Pneumoperitoneum in Obese Patients
In obese patients, complete airway closure is frequent during anesthesia and is worsened by Trendelenburg pneumoperitoneum, which increases airway opening pressure and alveolar pressure: besides preventing alveolar derecruitment,... read more
Airway Management in Microgravity
In the near future, space programs will shift their focus toward long‐duration interplanetary missions, in particular to the Moon and Mars. These exploration missions will be associated with an increased risk of acute medical... read more
Alfred ICU Intubation Checklist
Here is the Alfred ICU intubation checklist. We invite you to take it and adopt it whole, or, even better, to modify it to your own department's needs. We have spent considerable time and thought developing it, as well as... read more
Tracheal extubation with a predicted difficult airway
Management of the difficult airway is an important, but as yet poorly-studied, component of intensive care management. Although there has been a strong emphasis on prediction and intubation of the difficult airway, safe extubation... read more
Airway Pressure-time Curve Profile Detects Tidal Recruitment/Hyperinflation
Airway pressure-time curve profile (stress index) detects tidal recruitment/hyperinflation in experimental acute lung injury. Shape of the Paw-t curve detects tidal recruitment and tidal hyperinflation. Pulmonary computed... read more
Management of the Traumatized Airway
There is a lack of evidence-based approach regarding the best practice for airway management in patients with a traumatized airway. Airway trauma may not be readily apparent, and its evaluation requires a high level of suspicion... read more
Guidelines for Tracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Adults
The Intensive Care Society, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Difficult Airway Society and the Royal College of Anesthetists have combined to provide the "Guidelines for the management of tracheal intubation in critically... read more
Human Airway Branch Variation and COPD
Susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) beyond cigarette smoking is incompletely understood, although several genetic variants associated with COPD are known to regulate airway branch development. We... read more
Strategies for the Prevention of Airway Complications
Despite being infrequent, complications of airway management remain an important contributor to morbidity and mortality during anesthesia and care of the critically ill. Developments in the last three decades have made anesthesia... read more
