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Airway Management in a Patient with Retrosternal Goiter: A Context-Sensitive Airway Management Strategy
Retrosternal extension of the goiter can cause compression of the trachea, esophagus and major blood vessels. Airway management is indeed a challenge...
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Comparison of the novel VieScope with conventional and video laryngoscope in a difficult airway scenario – a randomized, controlled simulation trial
BackgroundEndotracheal intubation continues to be the gold standard for securing the airway in emergency situations. Difficult intubation is still a...
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Optimizing Airway Surgery in COVID 19 Era
Otorhinolaryngologists, particularly dealing with airway cases, are subjected to highest risk of COVID 19 aerosolisation, self infection and...
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Successful airway management of twin coincidental supraglottic and thyroid masses with difficult fiber optic intubation: a case report
BackgroundAberrant airway anatomy in cases of laryngeal carcinomas makes airway management a herculean task for the anesthesiologist. What can...
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The hospital difficult airway team: experience and implications for patient care
The difficult airway involves the complex interaction between patient factors, the clinical setting and the practitioner’s skills (Apfelbaum in...
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Pediatric Airway Surgery: Advances in Evaluation and Endoscopic Management
Purpose of ReviewPediatric airway evaluation and surgery have evolved over time to involve less invasive techniques in order to facilitate quicker...
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Novel role of focused airway ultrasound in early airway assessment of suspected laryngeal trauma
BackgroundUpper airway injury secondary to blunt neck trauma can lead to upper airway obstruction and potentially cause a life-threatening condition....
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Defining the spatial landscape of KRAS mutated congenital pulmonary airway malformations: a distinct entity with a spectrum of histopathologic features
The potential pathogenetic mechanisms underlying the varied morphology of congenital pulmonary airway malformations (CPAMs) have not been molecularly...
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Airway Complications and Endoscopic Management After Lung Transplantation
Purpose of ReviewAirway complications following lung transplantation are common and difficult to manage. While a bulk of literature exists regarding...
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Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway
Purpose of ReviewThis review discusses the most current relevant literature regarding management of the difficult pediatric airway.
Recent Findings ...
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Olodaterol exerts anti-inflammatory effects on COPD airway epithelial cells
BackgroundAirway inflammation is a key feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) remain the main...
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Prehospital Airway Management for Trauma Patients by First Responders in Six Sub-Saharan African Countries and Five Other Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Sco** Review
The global injury burden disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is exacerbated by a lack of robust emergency medical...
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Analysis of urgent/emergent conversions from monitored anesthesia care to general anesthesia with airway instrumentation
BackgroundMonitored Anesthesia Care (MAC) is an anesthetic service involving the titration of sedatives/analgesics to achieve varying levels of...
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Extubation of the Challenging or Difficult Airway
Purpose of ReviewThis review explores relevant definitions, epidemiology, management, and potential future research directions in the extubation of...
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Anesthesiology airway-related medicolegal cases from the Canadian Medical Protection Association
PurposeWe analyzed closed civil legal cases in 2007-2016 from the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) involving specialist...
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Should Video Laryngoscopy Replace Direct Laryngoscopy as a Primary Intubation Technique?
Purpose of ReviewWhile direct laryngoscopy has been the standard technique for tracheal intubation, the application of video laryngoscopy has grown...
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Silicone stent placement using a rigid bronchoscope via a tracheostoma in a patient with postpneumonectomy syndrome
BackgroundSilicone stents are options for airway stenosis or obstruction. Generally, silicone stent placement needs rigid bronchoscopy, but...
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Awake Intubation Techniques, and Why It Is Still an Important Skill to Master
Purpose of ReviewAwake intubation has been a staple of difficult airway management since the first American Society of Anesthesiologists difficult...
