Airway management complications causing temporary patient harm are common, but
serious injury is rare. Because most airways are easy, most complications occur in easy …

Unexpected difficult airway management can cause significant morbidity and mortality in
patients admitted for elective procedures. Ultrasonography is a promising tool for …

Objectives: In the critically ill undergoing urgent endotracheal intubation by direct
laryngoscopy, multiple attempts are often required with a higher complication rate due to the …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We determine the proportion of successful intubations with the C-MAC
video laryngoscope (C-MAC) compared with the direct laryngoscope in emergency …

Background Non-technical skills, such as task management, leadership, situational
awareness, communication and decision-making refer to cognitive, behavioural and social …

Purpose To determine the influence of morbid obesity on the incidence of difficult mask
ventilation and difficult intubation. Methods Over a 6-year period, all tracheal intubations in …

Background This study was performed to assess whether intubation is more difficult in obese
patients and to assess the ability of a new index: the ratio of the neck circumference to …

Introduction Endotracheal intubation in the ICU is a challenging procedure and is frequently
associated with life-threatening complications. The aim of this study was to investigate the …

Abstract What We Already Know about This Topic Reported incidence rates of difficult
trachea intubation are higher outside of the operating room than in the operating room The …

Study objective To compare three different video laryngoscope devices (VL) to standard
direct laryngoscopy (DL) for tracheal intubation of obese patients undergoing bariatric …