A comparison of the I-gel supraglottic airway as a conduit for tracheal intubation with the intubating laryngeal mask airway: A manikin study.

Background: Supraglottic airway devices offer several advantages over endotracheal tube with regards to ease of insertion, hemodynamic stability, decreased morbidity, reduced requirement drugs and smoother emergence from anesthesia. Objective was compare two supraglottic devices, Igel proseal LMA, respect number insertion attempts, time taken for placement device changes.Methods: This prospecti...

IMPORTANCE It is unclear whether advanced airway management such as endotracheal intubation or use of supraglottic airway devices in the prehospital setting improves outcomes following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) compared with conventional bag-valve-mask ventilation. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that prehospital advanced airway management is associated with favorable outcome aft...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of endoscopic CO(2) laser microsurgery in the management of supraglottic cancer. METHODS One hundred twenty-four patients (116 men and eight women; mean age, 59 years; range 31-81 years) with supraglottic cancer underwent CO(2) laser surgery (mean follow-up 5 years). The study patients were classified as follows: 45 patients, T...

JULY 2005 221 BUMC PROCEEDINGS 2005;18:220–227 OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFICULT AIRWAY Difficult tracheal intubation using direct laryngoscopy may occur ubiquitously across the spectrum of health care (1–8) and is reported to occur with an incidence of approximately 6% in anesthesiology (9); nonetheless, most tracheal intubations can be performed using direct laryngoscopy. Difficult intubation occurs ...

Background: T1 and T2 carcinoma of the supraglottis and glottis can be treated by radiation or conservative surgery. Our aim was to study the recurrence rate following treatment with radiation alone, the sites of involvement, the risk factors involved and to assess the hemoglobin (Hb) levels in relation to the prognosis and treatment outcome. Materials and Methods: A total of 61 patients with T...

OBJECTIVES The indications for neck dissection concurrent with salvage laryngectomy in the clinically N0 setting remain unclear. Our goals were to determine the prevalence of occult nodal disease, analyze nodal disease distribution patterns, and identify predictors of occult nodal disease in a salvage laryngectomy cohort. STUDY DESIGN Case series with planned data collection. SETTING Tertia...