INTRODUCTION Tracheal intubation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) can be challenging as patients often have anatomic and physiologic characteristics that make intubation particularly difficult. Video laryngoscopy (VL) has been shown to improve first attempt success compared to direct laryngoscopy (DL) in many clinical settings and may be an option for ICU intubations. METHODS All intubations ...

BACKGROUND Airway management in the emergency room can be challenging when patients suffer from life-threatening conditions. Mental stress, ignorance of the patient's medical history, potential cervical injury or immobilisation and the presence of vomit and/or blood may also contribute to a difficult airway. Videolaryngoscopes have been introduced into clinical practice to visualise the airway ...

BACKGROUND The Bonfils intubating fiberscope has a limited upward tip angle of 40 degrees and requires retromolar entry into the hypopharynx. These factors may make its use less desirable when managing the difficult airway because most anesthesia providers are well versed in midline oral intubation rather than the lateral retromolar approach. The Center for Advanced Technology and Telemedicine ...

Abstract Background The study was conducted with the aim of determining usefulness ultrasonography in assessment difficult airway preoperatively to compare and correlate done clinically viewed ultra sonographically Cormack–Lehane classification direct laryngoscopy. Methodology This prospective, observational trial consists total 150 patients undergoing elective surgeries under general anesthesi...

This is the first year that we have submitted participant runs to TREC (Cormack is track coordinator). In parallel with running the track, we have investigated two new filtering methods, inspired by the excellent results that others have shown in the task. Dynamic Markov Compression (DMC) modeling (wat2 prefix). We invented the DMC model some 20 years ago for the purpose of data compression. Br...

OBJECTIVES Video laryngoscopy has been shown to improve glottic exposure when compared to direct laryngoscopy in operating room studies. However, its utility in the hands of emergency physicians (EPs) remains undefined. A simulated difficult airway was used to determine if intubation by EPs using a video Macintosh system resulted in an improved glottic view, was easier, was faster, or was more ...

BACKGROUND Pregnancy-induced anatomical and physiological changes in the airway make airway management difficult in obstetric patients; thus, preoperative evaluation of the airway is important for obstetric patients. AIMS To determine the effectiveness of the modified Mallampati test; the interincisor, sternomental and thyromental distances and the upper limb bite test. The second aim was to ...