OBJECTIVES To evaluate Parker Flex-It stylet as an alternative to GlideRite Rigid stylet to aid tracheal intubation with the Glidescope.  METHODS This prospective randomized trial was conducted at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between May and December 2014. Sixty American Society of Anesthesiologists I-II patients were rand...

Introduction Many clinical indicators for tracheal intubation in children using sevoflurane without muscle relaxant have been used. None of the study showed 100% excellent intubating conditions. A single large study showing 80% excellent intubating conditions, noticed that persistence of spontaneous ventilation before intubation had very poor intubating conditions. So, our study aimed to achiev...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to investigate the effects of reinsertion of the stylet after a spinal anesthesia procedure on the Post Dural Puncture Headache (PDPH). METHODS We have enrolled into this study 630 patients who were undergoing elective operations with spinal anesthesia and randomized them to Group A (stylet replacement before needle removal) and Group B (need...

BACKGROUND Placement accuracy of ventriculostomy catheters is reported in a wide and variable range. Development of an efficient image-guidance system may improve physician performance and patient safety. OBJECTIVE We evaluate the prototype of Smart Stylet, a new electromagnetic image-guidance system for use during bedside ventriculostomy. METHODS Accuracy of the Smart Stylet system was ass...

The morphology and alterations of infective juvenile (J2) body components with emphasis on the body wall, stomatal wall, stylet, and sensilla of Heterodera glycines were observed. During the molt of J2 to J3, the J2 hypodermis separates from the J2 cuticle and forms an extracellular space, continuous with an invagination of the anterior, center of the J3. The space between the J2 cuticle and th...

Criconemella anastomoides, described and illustrated herein, is characterized by the presence of regular anastomosis on the body, two zig zag lateral lines, stylet knobs sloping posteriorly, short stylet, and short body length.

Criconemella anastomoides, described and illustrated herein, is characterized by the presence of regular anastomosis on the body, two zig zag lateral lines, stylet knobs sloping posteriorly, short stylet, and short body length.

To the Editor: The tracheal tube introducer (bougie) is widely used to facilitate difficult intubation. However, single-use introducers, compared to reusable ones, appear to be more traumatic [1-3]. A 61-year-old woman with esophageal reflux and no predictive signs of difficult intubation received rapidsequence induction with application of cricoid pressure. Direct laryngoscopy revealed a Corma...