Second-generation supraglottic airway devices (SADs) serve as both a ventilation tool and a pathway for certain types of ...

Confirming the correct placement of an endotracheal tube is crucial in pediatric patients due to their low tolerance to ...

controlled study in patients requiring >24 h of intubation to determine whether silver-coated endotracheal tubes can reduce the incidence of microbiologically confirmed VAP. Patients recruited ...

[4] Double-lumen endotracheal intubation and single-lung ventilation ... hospital stay was about 3 days because of the chest tube left in place at the time of the operation and the discomfort ...

Capnography is a medical tool that measures concentration or partial pressure of excised or current carbon dioxide. During anesthesia and intensive care, it is mostly used to monitor CO2 in ...

we examined whether equivalent inflation pressures resulted in larger tidal volumes during face mask ventilation compared with ventilation via an endotracheal tube. This was achieved by measuring ...

Endotracheal aspirate was specifically obtained from patients receiving invasive mechanical support, such as tracheal intubation or tracheotomy. BALF was obtained by a clinician performing ...

For inexperienced clinicians, just-in-time training leads to increased first-attempt success of infant intubation, according ...

Giving inexperienced clinicians a quick coaching session with an expert just before they carry out a procedure boosts their success rate and could improve patient safety, finds a study in the ...

Gender bias in healthcare influences clinical decision-making, affecting the patient gender shapes decisions to limit ...