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Direct versus indirect laryngoscopy using a Macintosh video laryngoscope: a mannequin study comparing applied forces
Upper airway injury and sympathetic activation may be related to the forces applied during laryngoscopy. We compared the applied forces during laryngoscopy using direct and indirect visualization of a standard...
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Front-of-neck airway meets front-of-neck simulation: improving cricothyroidotomy skills using a novel open-access three-dimensional model and the Airway App
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The effect of verbal and video feedback on learning direct laryngoscopy among novice laryngoscopists: a randomized pilot study
Skill acquisition in direct laryngoscopy (DL) and tracheal intubation is complex. This pilot study aims to assess feasibility and determine sample size for a subsequent trial comparing DL instruction using a M...
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Dealing with phthalates in medical devices: a case of primum non nocere (first do no harm)?
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Epiglottic melanosis
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Open AccessThe difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 2 – The anticipated difficult airway
Appropriate planning is crucial to avoid morbidity and mortality when difficulty is anticipated with airway management. Many guidelines developed by national societies have focused on management of difficulty ...
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Open AccessThe difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 1 – Difficult tracheal intubation encountered in an unconscious/induced patient
Previously active in the mid-1990s, the Canadian Airway Focus Group (CAFG) studied the unanticipated difficult airway and made recommendations on management in a 1998 publication. The CAFG has since reconvened...
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A prospective trial on a new sutureless securement device for central venous catheters
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Management of a patient with tracheomalacia and supraglottic obstruction after thyroid surgery
We describe an unusual combination of dynamic supraglottic, glottic, subglottic, and intrathoracic airway obstructions following a total thyroidectomy. These problems were anticipated, documented videographica...
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Superior glottic views with the GlideScope® and Airtraq® laryngoscopes compared with an anterior commissure laryngoscope
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ProSeal LMA — how long is too long?
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Complications associated with the use of the GlideScope® videolaryngoscope
Tw o cases are presented wherein the GlideScope® videolaryngoscope (GVL) facilitated laryngeal exposure and successful endotracheal intubation, but resulted in pharyngeal injury.
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Early clinical experience with a new videolaryngoscope (GlideScope®) in 728 patients
To evaluate a new videolaryngoscope and assess its ability to provide laryngeal exposure and facilitate intubation.
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Laryngoscopy — its past and future
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Book new media reviews
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Use of a new videolaryngoscope (GlideScope®) in the management of a difficult airway
To describe the clinical use of a new videolaryngoscope in a patient who had repeatedly been difficult or impossible to intubate by conventional direct laryngoscopy. This device provided excellent glottic visu...
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The LMA, laparoscopic surgery and the obese patient — Canvs should