The researchers found that the distance from the skin to the epiglottis was the most ... Difficult Laryngoscopy: A situation during intubation where the view of the vocal cords is obstructed ...

The visualisation of anatomical landmarks, including the epiglottis, glottis and vocal cords ... it was applied in accordance with the NRP in only 15 (16%). The view frequently changed during ...

Whether to secure an airway by tracheostomy or endotracheal intubation is the subject of much discussion. Nineteen series totalling 738 cases of epiglottitis plus 11 new cases are reviewed.

The following is a summary of “Preoperative Ketamine Gargle for Prevention of Postoperative Sore Throat After Tracheal ...

Nitin Choudhary and his co-authors wrote in “I-Gel as an intubation conduit ... it provides a perfect view of the vocal cords along with a channel to help to guide the ET tube into place.

A diagnosis of spontaneous retropharyngeal haematoma was made: the airway was secured with fibreoptic nasal intubation and the patient admitted ... narrowing of the hypopharynx at the level of the ...

Background: In this paper, we examine whether machine learning and deep learning can be used to predict difficult airway intubation in patients undergoing thyroid surgery. Methods: We used 10 machine ...

Background Neonatal endotracheal intubation is often associated with physiological instability. The Neonatal Resuscitation Program recommends a time-based limit (30 s) for intubation attempts in the ...

1 2 The most severely ill patients have required intubation and ventilation, which will likely be performed by emergency physicians and anaesthesiologists. To reduce the risk of aerosol transmission ...

Allen and Steven 3 describe 27 cases of croup (laryngotracheitis) managed with nasotracheal intubation . . . Select the format you want to export the citation of this publication.

It has a number of potential advantages, particularly the avoidance of tracheal intubation with its associated mortality and morbidity from problems such as pneumonia. Pressure on intensive care unit ...

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