Editor, I would like to present a method of local anaesthesia for ‘awake intubation’, i.e. intubation in a conscious patient under local anaesthesia and sedation using the Truview PCD laryngoscope (Truphatek, Israel), for cases of anticipated difficult intubation. The use of video laryngoscopes for awake intubation has been described in the literature as a good alternative to fibreoptic intubat...

Corresponding author: IL-Ok Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, 97, Gurodong-gil, Guro-gu, Seoul 152-703, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2626-3234, Fax: 82-2-851-9897, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creat...

Background Pre-hospital endotracheal intubation may be challenging, even in expert hands [1,2]. Difficult or failed endotracheal intubations are associated with complications that can be life threatening [1] and the risk of complications increases when the first endotracheal intubation attempt is not successful [2]. The McGRATH MAC videolaryngoscope may have the potential to improve first-pass ...

BACKGROUND In anterior cervical spine surgery a retractor is obligatory to approach the spine. Previous studies showed an increase of endotracheal tube cuff pressure after placement of a retractor. It is known that high endotracheal tube cuff pressure increases the incidence of postoperative dysphagia, hoarseness, and sore throat. However, until now no evidence supports the fact whether adjusti...

Corresponding author: Dong Jun Lee, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Jeodong 2-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-032, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2270-0096, Fax: 82-2-2270-0095, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativ...

BACKGROUND In the perioperative period, it may be inappropriate to monitor vital signs during endotracheal intubation using the same interval as during a hemodynamically stable period. The aim of the present study was to determine whether it is appropriate to use the same intervals used during the endotracheal intubation and stable periods to monitor vital signs of patients under general anesth...

INTRODUCTION The laryngeal mask airway (LMA)-Supreme is a disposable double-lumen laryngeal mask airway that is widely used in clinical practice. However, its use in obese children has not been evaluated. The aim of this study was to determine whether the LMA-Supreme could perform equally as well as endotracheal intubation in obese children having a minor surgical procedure. MATERIAL AND METH...