TOPIC: Procedures TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Airway stenting is used to restore patency of airways with malignant obstruction. Stent-in-stent (SIS) technique has been in central airway We describe a case endobronchial obstruction the right upper lobe (RUL) managed SIS technique. CASE PRESENTATION: 56-year-old male history Laryngeal Carcinoma surgical resection and...

To the Editor: In a thought-provoking study, assessing the effects of muscle relaxants on facemask ventilation (FMV) in the anesthetized patients with normal upper airway anatomy, Ikeda et al.1 showed that rocuronium did not deteriorate FMV without airway interventions, and FMV was improved after succinylcholine administration in association with airway dilation during pharyngeal fasciculation....

This article presents a literature review of basic concepts artificial airway patency in children during anesthetic management for prolonged dental procedures outpatient surgery (MedLine, PubMed). The following considers the necessity to protect airways from moment onset deep sedation, when verbal contact with child is not always adequate, le-vel reflex activity reduced, and vital functions con...

BACKGROUND Appropriate bag-and-mask ventilation with patent airway is mandatory during induction of general anesthesia. Although the sniffing neck position is a traditionally recommended head and neck position during this critical period, knowledge of the influences of this position on the pharyngeal airway patency is still inadequate. METHODS Total muscle paralysis was induced with general a...

Maintenance of airway secretion clearance, or airway hygiene, is important for the preservation of airway patency and the prevention of respiratory tract infection. Impaired airway clearance often prompts admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and can be a cause and/or contributor to acute respiratory failure. Physical methods to augment airway clearance are often used in the ICU but few ar...

OBJECTIVE To test the effect of heart disease and heart surgery on lung function. DESIGN A pulmonary function study of children undergoing surgery for atrial septal defect (ASD). SETTINGS University hospital. PATIENTS 26 children tested before surgery (at mean (SD) age 11.8 (3.8) years) and 24 patients tested 1.8 (0.2) years after surgical correction. METHODS Lung volumes, lung elastici...

The pathophysiological mechanisms involved in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are complex and not fully understood. Critical upper airway (UA) narrowing/collapse usually occurs in the oropharynx, between the nasal choanae and epiglottis, an area lacking rigid support. Patency of this vulnerable segment is dependent on the action of pharyngeal dilator and abductor muscles that are normally activa...

Background High-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) has been shown to benefit oxygenation, ventilation and upper airway patency in a range of clinical scenarios, however its use in spontaneously breathing patients during general anaesthesia has not been described. Spontaneous respiration using i.v. anaesthesia is the primary technique used at our institution for tubeless airway surgery. We hypothesized th...