A 13-month-old girl who had no medical history uneventfully underwent patch closure of an atrial septal defect under mild hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. An immediately postoperative chest radiograph did not show any unusual findings (the Figure, A), and the process of weaning her from the ventilator was started. Just before extubation (6 hours after transfer to the intensive care unit), a ...

A case of successful endotracheal intubation using an image intensifier in a 9-year-old boy with tracheal stenosis was reported. After the induction of anesthesia, the trachea was observed by use of mobile surgical X-ray apparatus under artificial ventilation using a face mask. Because the tracheal wall of the stenotic part was smooth and seemed soft, we selected a plain 5.5 mm diameter endotra...

background: tracheal intubation is used in general anesthesia and often leads to traumatization of the airway mucosa. these complications can cause postoperative morbidity. this study was designed to determine the effect of ketamine spraying on the endotracheal tube cuff on sore throat, cough, and hoarseness during the first 24 hours of the postoperative period. methods: 120 healthy women with ...

PURPOSE It is generally accepted that using a video laryngoscope is associated with an improved visualization of the glottis. However, correctly placing the endotracheal tube might be challenging. Channeled video laryngoscopic blades have an endotracheal tube already pre-loaded, allowing to advance the tube once the glottis is visualized. We hypothesized that use of a channel blade with pre-loa...

in 1986 altemir, for the first time, described submental intubation for maxillofacial cases. a problem with the technique is that the edges of the tube may damage the anatomic tissues of the mouth floor. to avoid such damages, a modification of this technique using nasal speculum is presented here. moreover, with this technique blood and detached tissues cannot enter into the endotracheal tube ...

Corresponding author: Eunju Lee, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, 75, Nowon-gil (215-4 Gongneung-dong), Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-706, Korea. Tel: 82-2-970-2820, Fax: 82-2-970-2413, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons...