airway morbidity Editor—We read the interesting article by Seo and colleagues about the study comparing two techniques of double-lumen endobronchial intubation. We have a few queries. First, the authors have not mentioned if any lubrication or softening technique was used to prepare the double-lumen tube (DLT) before placement to prevent airway morbidity. Secondly, the authors have not mentione...

Through an Upjohn Travelling Fellowship in 1975 I was able to visit some practices where problem-orientated medical records (POMR) have been introduced, to find out some of the advantages and the difficulties in using this new form of record. All those visited were busy service practices so that the records could be studied in a real situation. The practitioners agreed that the standard of reco...

The term C-MAC Miller is confusing. I had read this over several times thinking that Storz had in fact produced a C-Miller blade. Perhaps the authors would consider abbreviating this as C-MAC/MT (for Miller technique) so that the Miller blade design is not so strongly suggested. We greatly appreciate this reviewers’ comment, since we were not aware of the current description being a basis for m...

Handling and efficacy of a new video-optical intubation stylet were assessed in a simulated difficult tracheal intubation setting and compared with a conventional malleable stylet. Forty-five anaesthetists performed 10 tracheal intubations using both techniques. Laryngoscopy was performed by the observer, who created a grade 3 view according the classification by Cormack and Lehane. The time ta...

Since being elected in 1996, the Coalition government has pursued a raft of policies to increase the proportion of Australians with private health insurance. Against some criteria, these policies have been a success. The proportion of Australians with private health insurance had gradually fallen from around 50% in 1984, to be around 30% in late 1998. With the introduction of a 30% rebate on he...

The blind bougie technique is performed when the epiglottis visible to intubator, but vocal cords cannot be seen (Grade III Cormack-Lehane view). for endotracheal intubation not routinely by Critical Care Paramedics a failed in prehospital setting. However, at Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service State of Qatar, included their airway clinical practice guidelines. This case report aims de...

Kiểm soát đường thở khó có thể dẫn đến giảm ôxy, tổn thương não thậm chí tử vong nếu không xử lý kịp thời. Phân loại Mallampati sửa đổi thường được dùng để dự đoán soi thanh quản (STQ)/ đặt nội khí khó. Nghiên cứu mô tả tiến cứu, mù đơn nhằm đánh giá vai trò của phân này trong STQ ở người lớn chỉ định phẫu thuật dưới gây mê quản. độ Lehane-Cormack 3 - 4 coi là Kết quả; tỉ lệ 8,2% (46/558). I, I...

Background and AIMS: Airway ultrasound is novel,safe noninvasive modality that help in predicting difficult airway.This study aimed todetermine the usefulness of airway order to predict intubation. Method:- This was a hospital based prospective observational on 100 patients aged 18-60 years either sex undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation.Preoperativ...

• Q n speciation analysis in BaO-SiO 2 glasses without a-priori assumptions. Raman scattering cross-sections derived from comparison between and NMR spectra. Speciation experimental MD simulation results. The state of polymerization barium silicate ( x BaO· (1-x) SiO , 0.28 ≤ 0.45) has been studied by both experiment (Raman, static MAS 29 Si spectroscopy) molecular dynamics simulations (Vashish...