OBJECTIVES 1-Recognize difficulties and review techniques in long-segment laryngotracheal stenosis repair. 2-Contribute to increasing clinical and surgical skills in pediatric airway reconstruction through reporting our experience with a novel reconstruction technique involving use of a failed anterior graft and prolonged postoperative stenting. METHODS CASE REPORT 10 year old male with hi...

Upper airway ultrasound is a valuable, non-invasive, simple, and portable point of care ultrasound (POCUS) for evaluation of airway management even in anatomy distorted by pathology or trauma. Ultrasound enables us to identify important sonoanatomy of the upper airway such as thyroid cartilage, epiglottis, cricoid cartilage, cricothyroid membrane, tracheal cartilages, and esophagus. Understandi...

Deglutitive airway protective mechanisms include glottal closure, epiglottal descent, and anterosuperior displacement of the larynx. Aspiration of swallowed material may occur during the pre-, intra-, or postpharyngeal phase of swallowing. Our objectives were to determine the relative contribution of the airway protective mechanisms during each phase of swallow in 14 decerebrated cats before an...

ABSTRACT Objective to map the production of knowledge about different techniques gastrointestinal tube insertion in critically ill and/or coma patients. Method scope review carried out December 2020 ten data sources, following assumptions established by Joanna Briggs Institute (2020) and PRISMA-ScR protocol. Results 25 studies were selected analyzed, identifying as main for patients: without ai...

Objective: This work aimed to describe the trachea of Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) through descriptive and morphometric approaches. Methods: ten adult male Spheniscus magellanicus were used, which collected, fixed, kept immersed in an aqueous solution 10% formaldehyde. Results: penguin began caudally from cricoid cartilage larynx, represented by 121.3±5.65 cartilaginous rings jo...

Using an airway management training model, we have assessed anaesthesia personnel in their use of correct cricoid force and ability to retain this skill after a short training programme. A perspex device, working on a hydraulic principle, was used to measure cricoid pressure when applied to the model. After initial assessment at two levels of cricoid force (20 and 40 N), participants undertook ...