BACKGROUND Airway management is of essential importance in emergency care. Training and skill retention of endotracheal intubation (ETI) - the technique considered as the "gold standard" -, poses a problem especially among care providers experiencing a low frequency of airway management situations. Therefore, alternative airway devices such as the laryngeal tube (LT) with potentially steeper le...

OBJECTIVE Airway Centric® Dentistry/Orthodontics was defined in a previous article (Gelb M. Airway centric TMJ philosophy. CDA Journal. 2014) that also suggested airway considerations were more important than condylar position issues in determining patient health and welfare. Indeed, that article called for a new paradigm in the profession, but specific treatment techniques to achieve optimal a...

Ultrasound has gained widespread popularity in several aspects of perioperative and intensive care management. There is now growing evidence of it being a useful tool in the assessment and management of potentially difficult airway. With advances in technology and greater understanding of sonographic clinical anatomy, a greater insight into its uses has been gained. This article gives an overvi...

: Airway surgery can be challenging in children. With increasing awareness of congenital lesions, expertise diagnostic modalities and recent advances surgical technique, complex airway malformations are increasingly better managed. Physiological anatomical differences, combined with specific features problems seen childhood, necessitate a different approach to perioperative care compared adults...

In the practical conduct of Anaesthesia, Airway management is crucial to outcome & best patient care. A total n=114 patients,30-50 yrs with mean age 38.736± 4.36 years; 57 each group Laryngoscopy and ETT; LMA undergoing elective surgery 30 minutes 01-hour duration in controlled hypertensives were included study. The hemodynamic response was noted, recording pulse rate, Systolic BP, Diastoli...

Various technologies have been used to measure airway flow for human respiration. This paper presents a flow sensor (pneumotach} that is capable of continuous, bi-directional airway flow measurement proximal to the patient and used in a critical care environment. This paper presents some of the findings of the research that was done in the development of a n~w flow sensor for long term flow mon...

Laryngotracheal stenosis develops when scar tissue forms in the trachea and, rarely, in the larynx itself. Symptoms depend on the degree of airway obstruction and can range from asymptomatic to upper airway obstruction severe enough to cause death. We report on 21 patients who underwent tracheal resection for severe stenosis. Resection remains a good option in this situation, and there is a min...

Background: For many years, airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) has been used to manage patients with lung conditions such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, it is still unclear whether APRV improves outcomes in critically ill ARDS who have admitted an intensive care unit (ICU).