A5070336241- Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
- Tracheal and airway disorders
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- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
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- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- Vibration and Dynamic Analysis
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems
- Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
- Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
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- Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids
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Western University
2008-2023
Queen's University
2021
Dalhousie University
2021
University of Manitoba
2021
London Health Sciences Centre
2007-2021
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
2007
Victoria University
1997
McMaster University
1993
Previously active in the mid-1990s, Canadian Airway Focus Group (CAFG) studied unanticipated difficult airway and made recommendations on management a 1998 publication. The CAFG has since reconvened to examine more recent scientific literature management. Group's mandate for this article was arrive at updated practice of unconscious/induced patient whom or failed tracheal intubation is encountered.Nineteen clinicians with backgrounds anesthesia, emergency medicine, intensive care joined...
Appropriate planning is crucial to avoid morbidity and mortality when difficulty anticipated with airway management. Many guidelines developed by national societies have focused on management of encountered in the unconscious patient; however, little guidance appears literature how best approach patient an difficult airway. To review this other subjects, Canadian Airway Focus Group (CAFG) was re-formed. With representation from anesthesiology, emergency medicine, critical care, CAFG members...
Since the last Canadian Airway Focus Group (CAFG) guidelines were published in 2013, airway management literature has expanded substantially. The CAFG therefore re-convened to examine this and update practice recommendations. This second of two articles addresses evaluation, decision-making, safe implementation an strategy when difficulty is anticipated. members, including anesthesia, emergency medicine, critical care physicians assigned topics search. Searches run Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane...
Since the last Canadian Airway Focus Group (CAFG) guidelines were published in 2013, literature on airway management has expanded substantially. The CAFG therefore re-convened to examine this and update practice recommendations. This first of two articles addresses difficulty encountered with an unconscious patient.Canadian members, including anesthesia, emergency medicine, critical care physicians, assigned topics search. Searches run Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register Controlled...
Summary Before completion of this study, there was insufficient evidence demonstrating the superiority videolaryngoscopy compared with direct laryngoscopy for elective tracheal intubation. We hypothesised that using routine intubation would result in higher first‐pass success laryngoscopy. In multicentre randomised trial, 2092 adult patients without predicted difficult airway requiring surgery were allocated randomly to either a Macintosh blade (McGrath™) or First‐pass McGrath (987/1053,...
The question of which is the optimum technique to intubate trachea in a patient who may have cervical(C)-spine injury remains unresolved. We compared, using fluoroscopic video, C-spine motion during intubation for Macintosh 3 blade, GlideScope, and Intubating Lighted Stylet, popularly known as Lightwand or Trachlight. Thirty-six healthy patients were randomized participate crossover trial either GlideScope laryngoscopy, with in-line stabilization. was examined at Occiput-C1 junction, C1-2...
Background The optimal technique to intubate the trachea in patients presenting with a potential or documented cervical spine (C-spine) injury remains unresolved. Using continuous fluoroscopic video assessment, C-spine motion during laryngoscopy an AirTraq Laryngoscope (King Medical Systems, Newark, DE) was compared that intubation using Macintosh blade. Methods Twenty-four healthy surgical gave written consent participate crossover randomized controlled trial; all were subjected both and...
In Brief BACKGROUND: this study, we compared the effectiveness of direct laryngoscopy (DL) and GlideScope® videolaryngoscope (GVL) for nasotracheal intubation, as judged by time to intubation (TTI—the primary outcome) ease intubation. METHODS: Seventy patients requiring elective surgery were randomly allocated with GVL or DL. TTI was assessed a blinded observer. Operators until start laryngoscopy. A Visual Analog Scale The number attempts, failures, glottic grades, amount bleeding, usage...
BACKGROUND: Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) provide high-quality evidence for decision-making. Trial registration is one of the many tools used to improve reporting RCTs by reducing publication bias and selective outcome bias. The purpose our study examine whether published in top 6 general anesthesiology journals were adequately registered reported primary secondary outcomes corresponded originally outcomes. METHODS: Following a prespecified protocol, an electronic database was...
The GlideScope videolaryngoscope (Verathon Medical, Bothell, WA) usually provides excellent glottic visualization, but directing an endotracheal tube through the vocal cords can be challenging. goal of study was to compare dedicated Flex-It stylet (FIS, Parker Highlands Ranch, CO) with a malleable stylet, as assessed by time intubation (TTI).Eighty patients requiring orotracheal for elective surgery were randomly allocated either FIS or (control) facilitate tracheal using GlideScope. TTI...
Abstracts are intended to be concise summaries of the entire randomised clinical trial (RCT). Despite their importance, few studies have examined reporting quality abstracts in anaesthesiology literature.