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Filter by:The ProSeal laryngeal mask airway (PLMA) is one of the alternative methods for effective airway management. It is an advanced form of laryngeal mask airway(LMA) with a softer and larger cuff to improve sealing and a drain tube to permit venting of the stomach. However, the larger cuff is more difficult to save space for insertion in the mouth and is more likely to fold over. Particularly, a relatively large tongue, a floppy epiglottis, a cephalad and more anterior larynx and frequent presence of tonsillar hypertrophy may disturb PLMA insertion in pediatric patients. The manufacturer recommends inserting PLMA using digital manipulation or with an introducer, but these techniques have lower success rates compared to those of LMA insertion. McIvor blade is a tongue retractor with a thin and curved blade and a flat handle. It is used to secure the operating field by pressing tongue during tonsillectomy. The investigators hypothesized that McIvor blade would provide more space in the mouth for PLMA insertion, and therefore it could improve the PLMA insertion as well as reducing injuries to the pharyngeal wall. The investigators compared the success rate and the incidence of complications of the digital technique with those of McIvor blade-guided insertion by unskilled anesthesia residents.
A randomised controlled trial of intubation by inexperienced anaesthetists, comparing the The Pentax Airway Scope AWS-S100 Rigid Video Laryngoscope(Pentax AWS) and the Macintosh Laryngoscope.
This study aims to evaluate the utility of a video assisted device for intubation (placement of a breathing tube) during surgery. This study specifically aims to compare a video assisted intubation with the CMAC laryngoscope to conventional devices in the setting of intubations predicted to be difficult.
This is a non-human study, conducted in a simulation environment, with simulator manikins, and volunteers from anaesthesia. Trainees in their first 2 years of anaesthetics training will be randomised to a control group, a group following the Difficult Airway Society UK's Guidelines and the Australian Difficult Airway management algorithm. A simulated difficult airway will be created during the induction of anaesthesia. The investigators will examine adherence to guidelines, which would have been provided to participants before the experiment, as well as compare their performance with the guidelines.
This project involves a pre- and post- airway management and vascular access simulation survey. The purpose of the study is to assess the perceived effectiveness of the simulation course on the performance of medical students enrolling in the Anesthesiology rotation during their third and fourth year of medical education.