Reading Time: 4 minutes The phenomenon of pendelluft has several implications in mechanically ventilated and spontaneously breathing patients.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes The concepts of stress and strain are borrowed from material science and warrant their own discussion.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The hyoepiglottic ligament and midline vallecular fold are key structures and targets in airway management for optimal glottic exposure. However, admittedly, we don’t have data supporting the routine use of this mechanism.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes External laryngeal manipulation refers to the crucial maneuver in any airway armament, used to obtain a better glottic view.
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Today if you look at any airway manual you see a range for dosing rocuronium for RSI as 0.6mg/kg to 1.2mg/kg. But is this the right dose?
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Historically, the bougie has been known as a backup airway device once standard approaches to airway access fail. That dogma is rapidly changing.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Airway foreign bodies can be catastrophic. Early diagnosis and appropriate management are critical to patient survival!
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Reading Time: 4 minutes We have been taught that ketamine increases blood pressure. Have we been misled?
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Reading Time: 5 minutes The Pre-brief Apneic oxygenation gained attention in the last decade as a way to increase the time to desaturation during…
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Intubating oral airways are key to making your next fiberoptic intubation go smoothly.