Publications by authors named "Heather B Barkin"
Article Synopsis
- Anesthetic care for morbidly obese patients is complicated due to their unique anatomical and physiological changes, especially in airway management.
- High body mass index (BMI) can lead to issues with ventilation and intubation, and specific airway problems like tracheal stenosis further complicate the situation.
- A case is described where a morbidly obese patient faced two unsuccessful intubation attempts due to challenging anatomy and previously undiagnosed tracheal stenosis.
Objectives: Inflammatory polyps (IPs) are frequently encountered at colonoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients and are associated with an increased risk of colon cancer. The aim of this prospective endoscopic image review and analysis was to describe endoscopic features of IPs in IBD patients at surveillance colonoscopy and determine the ability to endoscopically discern IPs from other colon polyps using high-definition white light (WL), narrow band imaging with magnification (NBI), and chromoendoscopy (CE).
Methods: Digital images of IPs using WL, NBI, and CE were reviewed by four attending gastroenterologists using a two-round modified Delphi method.