a varieties of medications have been suggested to prevent hemodynamic instabilities following laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation. this study was conducted to determine the beneficial effects of gabapentin on preventing hemodynamic instabilities associated with intubation in patients who were a candidate for coronary artery bypass surgery (cabg). this double blinded randomized, parallel gr...

B ronchofiberoscopy for examination of the tracheobronchial tree has considerable advantages over conventional rigid bronchoscopy, not the least of which is ease of insertion into a lightly sedated patient. Introduction of the bronchofiber-scope via a sterile nasopharyngeal airway facilitates its passage, prevents its contamination by nasal secretions and protects the nasal mucosa from trauma (...

THE Airtraq (Prodol Meditec S.A., Vizcaya, Spain), a new disposable intubating device, was designed to provide a view of the glottis without alignment of the oral and pharyngeal axes. The Airtraq laryngoscope (AL) has recently been used in patients with normal airways and in simulated difficult airways, but no study has assessed its performance in difficult airway patients. After training on a ...

The authors introduce a tool referred to as the Ultimate Intubation Head (UIH) to train medical practitioners' hand-eye coordination in performing endotracheal intubation with the help of augmented reality methods. In this paper we describe the integration of a deployable UIH and present methods for augmented reality registration of real and virtual anatomical models. The assessment of the 52 d...

Difficult intubation has been classified into four grades, according to the view obtainable at laryngoscopy. Frequency analysis suggests that, in obstetrics, the main cause of trouble is grade 3, in which the epiglottis can be seen, but not the cords. This group is fairly rare so that a proportion of anaesthetists will not meet the problem in their first few years and may thus be unprepared for...

BACKGROUND Emergency airway management for trauma adults is practised by physicians from a range of training backgrounds and with differing levels of experience. The indications for intubation and technique employed are factors that vary within EDs and between hospitals. OBJECTIVES To provide practical evidence based guidance for airway management in trauma resuscitation: first for the trauma...

conclusions elective gastric pull up can be performed for children who are not above 10 kg. in such settings, the risk of respiratory infections and other complications would be significantly reduced because of shorter duration of intubation. results the mean age was 5 ± 2 years in patients who were above 10 kg and 3 ± 1 years in those less than 10 kg. patients who were less than 10 kg had shor...