The practice of airway management and tracheal intubation remains a cornerstone of emergency and critical care medicine. Advances in technology and protocol development have substantially improved ...

Whether video laryngoscopy as compared with direct laryngoscopy increases the likelihood of successful tracheal intubation on the first attempt among critically ill adults is uncertain.

PHIL JEVON, RESUSCITATION OFFICER, MANOR HOSPITAL, WALSALL; JAGTAR SINGH POONI, CONSULTANT IN ANAESTHESIA AND INTENSIVE CARE, CITY HOSPITAL, BIRMINGHAM Tracheal intubation is the gold standard for ...

Among critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation, hypoxemia increases the risk of cardiac arrest and death. The effect of preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation, as compared with ...

Novices have greater success with tracheal intubation using an optical laryngoscope compared with a rigid laryngoscope, according to a study published in the Feb. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

A total of 764 paramedics were randomly assigned to perform tracheal intubation, and 759 paramedics were randomly assigned to perform supraglottic airway device placement. The primary outcome was ...

Patients in prehospital or hospital settings, Video laryngoscopy was compared with direct laryngoscopy for evaluating the clinical outcomes of emergency tracheal intubation, with the primary ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Across several subgroups, preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation lowered hypoxemia more than an oxygen ...

Endotracheal intubation (EI) is often an emergency procedure that’s performed on people who are unconscious or who can’t breathe on their own. EI maintains an open airway and helps prevent ...

Most importantly, it cut the rate of severely low oxygen levels in half." Tracheal intubation, the process of placing a breathing tube, may be required to perform surgery or to support breathing ...

Post-intubation tracheal laceration is incredibly rare, estimated to occur in 1 in 100,000 intubations. But even though it is rare, you may need surgical treatment.