Failure to ventilate: Technical error

Cannot ventilate, difficult to intubate.

EDITOR: We read with interest the letter by Slater and Bhatia [1] and would like to congratulate them on their successful management. We agree that the safest approach for their patient would have been an awake fibreoptic intubation. However, we would like to make a few comments. From the history and picture, it is not clear whether the patient had a prosthesis fitted into the left orbital cavi...

To ventilate or not to ventilate during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: that is the question.

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To ventilate or not to ventilate? That is the question--again.

Inability to Ventilate after Tube Exchange Postoperative to Pneumonectomy

We report a case of inability to ventilate a patient after completion of pneumonectomy, due to migrated tumor tissue to the contralateral side. This represents an unusual complication with a high mortality rate. We have managed to find the cause in time and were able to remove the obstructive tissue using bronchoscopy.

Technical aspects of the Parkes error grid.

BACKGROUND The Parkes error grid, which was developed in 1994, presented performance zones for blood glucose (BG) monitors with borders that were not mathematically specified at the time the grid was published. METHODS In this article, we (1) review the history of the Parkes error grid, (2) present the never-before-published exact coordinates and specifications of the grid so that others may ...