Development and assessment of the performance of a shared ventilatory system that uses clinically available components to individualize tidal volumes.

Objectives: To develop and assess a system for shared ventilation using clinically available components to individualize tidal volumes.

Design: Evaluation and in vitro validation study SETTING: Ventilator shortage during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Participants: The team consisted of physicians, bioengineers, computer programmers, and medical technology professionals.

Aerosolized intraperitoneal local anesthetic for laparoscopic surgery: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial.

Background: Postoperative pain remains a significant challenge following laparoscopy. Aerosolized intraperitoneal local anesthetic (AILA) is a novel method to deliver local anesthetic. The aim was to evaluate aerosolized ropivacaine in pain management following laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (LNF) and cholecystectomy (LC).

Total systemic ropivacaine concentrations following aerosolized intraperitoneal delivery using the AeroSurge.

Study Objective: To evaluate intraperitoneal ropivacaine delivery with the AeroSurge device in the clinical setting and to evaluate the total systemic ropivacaine levels achieved following delivery of 50 mg of aerosolized ropivacaine.

Design: Preliminary, prospective, nonrandomized study.

Setting: Operating room of a university hospital.

Surgery induces cyclooxygenase-2 expression in the rat cervical spinal cord.

Background And Objectives: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with a selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitory profile are effective analgesics in the postoperative period. This implies that surgery induces COX-2 biosynthesis. We examined whether peripheral surgical trauma can induce COX-2 expression in the rat cervical spinal cord.

A comparison of the Glidescope, Pentax AWS, and Macintosh laryngoscopes when used by novice personnel: a manikin study.

Purpose: Direct laryngoscopic tracheal intubation is a potentially lifesaving procedure, but a difficult skill to acquire and maintain. The consequences of poorly performed intubation attempts are potentially severe. The Pentax AWS and the Glidescope are indirect laryngoscopes that may require less skill to use.

Comparison of the Airtraq and Truview laryngoscopes to the Macintosh laryngoscope for use by Advanced Paramedics in easy and simulated difficult intubation in manikins.

Background: Paramedics are frequently required to perform tracheal intubation, a potentially life-saving manoeuvre in severely ill patients, in the prehospital setting. However, direct laryngoscopy is often more difficult in this environment, and failed tracheal intubation constitutes an important cause of morbidity. Novel indirect laryngoscopes, such as the Airtraq and Truview laryngoscopes may reduce this risk.

Endotracheal intubation in patients with cervical spine immobilization: a comparison of macintosh and airtraq laryngoscopes.

Background: The Airtraq laryngoscope (Prodol Ltd., Vizcaya, Spain) is a novel single-use tracheal intubation device. The authors compared ease of intubation with the Airtraq and Macintosh laryngoscopes in patients with cervical spine immobilization in a randomized, controlled clinical trial.

Tracheal intubation by inexperienced medical residents using the Airtraq and Macintosh laryngoscopes--a manikin study.

The Airtraq laryngoscope is a novel intubation device that may possess advantages over conventional direct laryngoscopes for use by personnel that are infrequently required to perform tracheal intubation. We conducted a prospective study in 20 medical residents with little prior airway management experience. After brief didactic instruction, each participant took turns performing laryngoscopy and intubation using the Macintosh (Welch Allyn, Welch Allyn, NY) and Airtraq (Prodol Ltd.