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Richard M. Cooper MD
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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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Epiglottic melanosis
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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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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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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
