Perioperative airway management in trauma victims presenting with penetrating thoracic
spine injury poses a major challenge to the anesthesiologist. To avoid further neurological …

Airway management in neurosurgical patients can be a formidable exercise. It impacts
intracranial homeostasis [1] and hence, neurological outcome. Expansion of neurosurgical …

The first evidence-based guidelines for the management of TBI patients were published in
1995, 6 with the most recently updated version published in 2016. 7, 8 Also in 2000, the …

Objective This study aimed to assess the impact of establishing a pre-hospital definitive
airway on mortality and morbidity compared with no prehospital airway in cases of severe …

This month's 'Contemporary Classic'focuses on a landmark paper from the 1990s. The study
by Nolan and Wilson examined tracheal intubation in patients with a suspected cervical …

A 24‑year old male, while riding a motorcycle got a rope entangled around his neck. He fell
off the bike and was brought to the hospital within an hour. In the emergency department …

Central nervous system (CNS) trauma is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the
United States. Each year, 500,000 patients with head injuries are seen in emergency …

There is significant ongoing controversy regarding “clearance” of the cervical spine in any
trauma patients other than those who are fully alert (Glasgow Coma Scale score, 15) …

PURPOSE These guidelines are not intended to supplant physician judgment. Rather, these
guidelines are intended to provide a basic framework for those less experienced with the …