BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Peritonsillar abscess is an unusual complication, but predisposes to severe upper airway complications. This report aimed at presenting a case of upper airway obstruction after surgical drainage of a peritonsillar abscess in a healthy young female patient. CASE REPORT Young female patient, 26 years old, with severe peritonsillar abscess and submitted to general anest...

Methods Observational study performed in a 17 beds medicalsurgical ICU. Time of study was 18 months. Consecutive mechanically ventilated patients during more than 48 hours were included. The variables analyzed were age, sex, cause of the intubation, APACHE II at admission in ICU, vasoactive requirements, fluid balance, day of weaning, ICU length of stay, tracheotomy, rate of reintubation. We di...

spontaneously, 106 patients were randomized to 1 h CPAP or 1 h T-piece/ZEEP, following which patients were extubated and mask 0, administered. No significant difference existed between groups in age, sex, HR, BP, Flo, PaCO, or PaO,. However, P(A-a)02 was significantly greater at 120 mm in the CPAP group. Within the CPAP gsoup, P(A-a)O, was also significantly worse at 120 vs 0 mm. Nineteen Tpiec...

STUDY PROTOCOL Conditioned high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy for preventing reintubation in mechanically ventilated patients at low risk for extubation failure PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR Dr. Gonzalo Hernandez, MD PhD Critical Care Department of Hospital Virgen de la Salud Toledo, Spain CO-INVESTIGATORS Dr. Concepción Vaquero, MD. Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain Dr. Paloma Gon...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database from 2011 to 2012. OBJECTIVE Minimizing the morbidity of posterior cervical fusion can be improved with identification of patient risk factors. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Posterior cervical fusion is an effective technique for treating a variety of pathology. St...