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RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
C Mendonca, C C Tourville, H Jefferson, A Nowicka, M Patteril, V Athanassoglou
Fibreoptic-guided tracheal intubation using a supraglottic airway device as a conduit is a technique that can be used in anticipated and unanticipated difficult airway management. Although the i-gel® supraglottic airway device has been examined for this purpose, the LMA® ProtectorTM , a recently introduced second-generation supraglottic airway device, has not been evaluated for this use in clinical trials. This prospective, randomised clinical trial compared fibreoptic-guided tracheal intubation via i-gel and LMA Protector supraglottic airway devices in two UK hospitals...
February 2019: Anaesthesia
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EDITORIAL
Thomas Heidegger, Thomas W Schnider
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March 2017: Anesthesia and Analgesia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Thomas T Joseph, Jonathan S Gal, Samuel DeMaria, Hung-Mo Lin, Adam I Levine, Jaime B Hyman
BACKGROUND: Awake intubation is the standard of care for management of the anticipated difficult airway. The performance of awake intubation may be perceived as complex and time-consuming, potentially leading clinicians to avoid this technique of airway management. This retrospective review of awake intubations at a large academic medical center was performed to determine the average time taken to perform awake intubation, its effects on hemodynamics, and the incidence and characteristics of complications and failure...
July 2016: Anesthesiology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Babita Gupta, Santvana Kohli, Kamran Farooque, Gopal Jalwal, Deepak Gupta, Sumit Sinha, Chandralekha
OVERVIEW: Awake fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) guided intubation is the gold standard of airway management in patients with cervical spine injury. It is essential to sufficiently anesthetize the upper airway before the performance of awake FOB guided intubation in order to ensure patient comfort and cooperation. This randomized controlled study was performed to compare two methods of airway anesthesia, namely ultrasonic nebulization of local anesthetic and performance of airway blocks...
November 2014: Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
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