Laryngeal Radiation Fibrosis: A Case of Failed Awake Flexible Fibreoptic Intubation

Laryngeal Radiation Fibrosis: A Case of Failed Awake Flexible Fibreoptic Intubation

In patients with severe upper airway narrowing because of radiation fibrosis, an awake fibreoptic intubation may be impossible and a tracheotomy is the only means of securing this airway; however, there may be no evident... read more

Secrets of an Intensive Care Doctor

Secrets of an Intensive Care Doctor

There are few jobs that place you on the frontiers of human existence: midwives see lives into the world, undertakers oversee their departure. In between these beginnings and endings, surgeons, doctors and nurses interact... read more

Tracheotomy in the ICU: Guidelines from a French Expert Panel

Tracheotomy in the ICU: Guidelines from a French Expert Panel

Tracheotomy is widely used in intensive care units (ICUs), albeit with great disparities between medical teams in terms of frequency and modality. Indications and techniques are, however, associated with variable levels of... read more