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Filter by:The objective of this study is to compare tracheal intubation first attempt success rate with the C-MAC indirect videolaryngoscope (Karl Storz, Germany) using a Miller-Blade nr 0 or nr 1 compared to a standard direct laryngoscope with standard blades Miller nr 0 and Miller nr 1 with oxygen supplementation either in the operating room or intensive care to demonstrate that with oxygen supplementation the difference in the first-attempt success rate in favor of VL is negligible
Prospective, controlled, randomized study to compare Ambu AuraGain with Intersurgical i-Gel mask during mechanical ventilation in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The investigators hypothesise that when comparing the Ambu® AuraGainTM with Intersurgical i-GelTM mask, the Ambu® AuraGainTM would exhibit a higher oropharyngeal leak pressure (OLP) during mechanical ventilation in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The main goal is to compare the Ambu AuraGain with the i-Gel in terms of safety and efficacy during mechanical ventilation in critical phase of the pneumoperitoneum in lateral decubitus and reverse trendelemburg position. Secondary objectives are comparing insertion time, number of attempts, ventilatory airway peak pressure, time and success rates for gastric tube insertion and the incidence of side effects.
In the Scandinavian and Swiss HEMS critical care teams, the prehospital tracheal intubations (TI) are performed by airway experts with high success rates and low rates of complications. Due to environmental conditions these are today frequently performed in-cabin before take-off. There are so far no published data on comparing outside and in-cabin TI under these circumstances. This will therefore be the first prospective study comparing prehospital TIs outside or incabin, performed by airway experts.
the aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of different ultrasonographic parameters and clinical tests to predict difficult airway assessment. Ultrasonographic parameters were: hyo-mental distence, tongue width, skin to epiglottis distence and skin to hyoid bone distence. these parameters were recorded and their predictive acurracy was studied.
The i-gel® mask is a second generation, single use supraglottic airway device which does not have an inflatable cuff. The cuff consists of a thermoplastic elastomer and its mechanism of sealing still remains unclear. Various theories such as temperature-dependent changes in hardness and volume expansion as well as fluid absorption have been discussed.
A interventional, non-randomized, controlled study to evaluate the revised iLTS-D2 in anesthetized patients.
Paratracheal pressure may have a role in the prevention of pulmonary aspiration. The effects of paratracheal pressure on glottic view, ease of facemask ventilation, or tracheal intubation are not studied yet. In this study, the subjects are divided into two groups (group I: paratracheal pressure applied during induction of anesthesia, group II: conventional Sellick's maneuver applied during induction of anesthesia). Investigators will assess the glottic view during direct laryngoscopy.
Trained anesthesiologist- or emergency physician-divers will perform an airway management in simulated microgravity on a submerged model.
The laryngeal mask is widely used in general anesthesia in children. Selection of an appropriately sized laryngeal mask airway (LMA) is critical to ensure safe and effective use of the device. In children, the appropriate size of the LMA to be used is usually determined by the patient's weight. Up to now, this is the gold standard method, but the weight-related technique is not always possible. The patient's weight is sometimes unknown or medical staff do not remember the relationship between weight and size. Moreover, there are no constant correlations between laryngeal airways and body indices such as height and weight, so that the standard method could cause an inappropriate size of laryngeal mask airway to be chosen. Researchers from Spain introduced a new technique to determine the size of the LMA in children by choosing the LMA that best matched the combined widths of the patient's index, middle and ring fingers, but needs to be formally evaluated in clinical application. In order to compare the application effects of two methods (weight-related and three-fingers), we designed a research plan.
There are several advantages of video laryngoscopy; especially their ability to provide superior glottis visualization, as compared to traditional laryngoscopy.1-3 The purpose of this three arm study was to compare the safety and efficacy of the King Vision® Video Intubation Systems (AMBU-King Systems, Denmark) to the Cobalt GlideScope® (Verathon Medical Inc., USA) in patients with anticipated difficult airways.