Use of video rather than direct laryngoscope led to better rates of successful tracheal intubation on the first attempt for critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) or emergency ...

Drs Robert Glatter and Ken Milne discuss what the recent RSI trial reveals — and does not reveal — about choosing etomidate ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Decreased survival to hospital discharge was found with the initiation of tracheal intubation compared with no ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After undergoing intubation, 7.4% of patients remembered feeling paralysis. Patients had less awareness of ...

Compared with preoxygenation with an oxygen mask, preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation led to a lower incidence of hypoxemia during emergency intubation among critically ill adults undergoing ...

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. The trial was ...

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.

Determining what type of airway management strategy to implement for a patient having an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a complex decision that involves a broad range of variables. Inclusion ...

Independent predictors of unanticipated early postoperative intubation include current ethanol use, smoking, dyspnea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, active congestive heart failure, recent ...

NKF, cardiac arrest, death, heart attack, CPR, defibrillator And, 30-day functional outcomes similar with supraglottic airway device or tracheal intubation. HealthDay News — For patients with ...