Percutaneous endoscopic laser discectomy (PELD) is a painful intervention that requires deep sedation and analgesia. However, sedation should be light at some point because cooperation by the patient during the procedure is required for successful surgical treatment. Light sedation poses a problem for endotracheal intubation, while patients placed in the prone position during percutaneous endos...

Injection of a thiopentone-suxamethonium mixture is a safe method for rapid intubation in cases where the risk of regurgitation is high. It shortens the period between the onset of unconsciousness and endotracheal intubation. With the technique described the likelihood of awareness of fasciculations is very small. It forms a useful addition to the techniques available for dealing with a patient...

BACKGROUND Video laryngoscopes have been introduced in recent years as an alternative choice to facilitate tracheal intubation. We conducted a meta-analysis to assess their value when compared with direct laryngoscopy. METHODS PubMed and EMBASE were searched up until 24 September 2010. Randomised trials that reported data on the comparison of video laryngoscopes with direct laryngoscopy for t...

results participants in all groups were similar in terms of gender, age, weight, height, and mallampati class. the mean ± sd of sbps (105.62 ± 12.12, 112.90 ± 12.2, and 112.48 ± 15.14 mm hg, respectively for ett, lma-c, and lma-s) and dbps (64.64 ± 10.23, 73.78 ± 9.70, and 71.20 ± 12.27 mm hg, respectively for ett, lma-c, and lma-s) were significantly lower in the ett group compared to lma grou...

Search strategy (including electronic databases searched). Pub Med[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/], “Laryngeal Masks or Laryngeal Mask, or Laryngeal Mask Airway or LMA” AND “Infant or Newborn or Neonate” as MESH (headings) AND “cardiopulmonary resuscitation or neonatal resuscitation or resuscitation” text word in abstract. Intubation, intra$. Mp or exp Intubation, Intratracheal as MeSH Hea...

BACKGROUND The surgical treatment of patency ductus arteriosus is indicated when the clinical intervention fails. However, this treatment may have some complications. OBJECTIVE To analyze clinical and surgical aspects involved on the treatment of patency ductus arteriosus in premature newborn. METHODS Twenty two premature newborns, submitted to surgical treatment for patency ductus arterios...

The effects of two different concentrations of halothane (0.5 or 1.5%) and two different doses of thiopentone (4.5 or 10 mg kg-1) on the plasma concentrations of cortisol, growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (PRL) were studied in response to the stress of tracheal intubation. Additionally, the effect of the intratracheal administration of 4% lignocaine spray 2 ml was investigated. The study group...

BACKGROUND The primary aim of the present study was to determine the dose of alfentanil that must be added to a rapid-sequence induction (RSI) regimen using thiopentone and rocuronium to obtain optimal intubation conditions in >95% of the individuals. METHODS A total of 60 ASA I patients were randomly allocated to five different alfentanil dose groups (0, 15, 30, 45, or 60 microg kg-1). A bli...

The use of suxamethonium chloride by intramuscular injection as a short acting muscle relaxant for endotracheal intubation is described. The incidence and severity of postoperative muscle pains in this group of 94 patients is compared with the results of another group (of 112 patients) in which the drug was given intravenously. The incidence of pains was similar in the two groups (26.6 and 28.6...

BACKGROUND Tracheal stenosis is more frequent as a result of wide-spread use of endotracheal intubation and tracheostomy. Resection and tracheal reconstruction remain the treatment of choice in benign tracheal stenosis. OBJECTIVES To report our experience in Basra and to identify the result of anastomosis after tracheal resection and management of those patients preoperatively and postoperati...