Many readers argued that intubation remains the definitive airway and should not be replaced. “ETI IS the gold standard in airway securement. Supraglottics are handy as backup airways, or a rapid ...

Awake tracheal intubation using videolaryngoscopy is safe and effective in patients with suspected difficult airways, with a high success rate and a low number of serious complications.

Use of hyperangulated video laryngoscopy reduced the number of attempts needed to achieve endotracheal intubation compared with direct laryngoscopy among adults undergoing elective or emergent ...

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 ...

It's widely known that patients who are intubated for five to six hours during lengthy surgeries are at greater risk for follow-up complications to the larynx (voice box) such as sore throat, ...

To quantify the importance of successful endotracheal intubation on the first attempt among extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants who require resuscitation after delivery. A retrospective chart ...

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 mask ...

Pretty much any time a patient is placed under a general anesthetic, a plastic endotracheal tube is inserted down their throat, in order to keep their airway open. The procedure is known as intubation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Prophylactic endotracheal intubation prior to endoscopy was not beneficial for patients with ...

Researchers have introduced the first intubation robot operated by remote control. The robotic system may facilitate the intubation procedure and reduce some complications associated with airway ...

The first consensus guideline aimed at reducing the incidence of unrecognized esophageal intubation by recommending consideration of technical and human factors that contribute to the problem has been ...

We think the barrier enclosure described in the letter by Canelli and coworkers (published online in the Journal on April 3) 1 decreases rather than increases safety, especially under emergency ...