The purpose of this study was to determine the preferences of Canadian anesthesiologists in difficult intubation and cannot intubate-cannot ventilate (CICV) situations. Using a mailed survey, we asked anesthesiologists their preferences for and comfort level in using (a) alternative airway devices in a difficult intubation scenario and (b) infraglottic airway in a CICV scenario. Chi-square anal...

Objectives: Airway management starts from the use of a nasal prong for oxygenation to successful endotracheal intubation ventilation. Intubation has been one most studied subject in anesthesiology. Various methods and gadgets have advocated its success. We aimed evaluate rate intubations using ordinary borescope stylet through Fekry Oral Intubating (FOIA) manikin.
 Methodology: This maniki...

BACKGROUND The Portex Soft Seal high-volume, low-pressure cuffed tracheal tube was compared with the Mallinckrodt HiLo, Sheridan Preformed and Portex Profile tracheal tubes for leakage of dye placed in the subglottic space of a pig's trachea which was used in a benchtop mechanical ventilation model and in six isolated pig tracheas. RESULTS There was no leakage, either in the ventilation model...

We have measured pressure changes in a newly designed tracheal tube cuff, the Portex Soft Seal, during nitrous oxide anaesthesia compared with a Mallinckrodt Lo-Contour tube and a Portex Profile tube. The pressure increases in both control groups were significantly greater than those with the new design (P < 0.0001 in each case). The mean increase in pressure in the Mallinckrodt Lo-Contour tube...