Endotracheal Intubation for Penetrating Neck Trauma.

Tracheal intubation is performed as part of daily routine in the operating room, rarely with complications. However, management of airway for cases such as a penetrating neck trauma case might constitute exceptions, in which cases the stabilization of the neck to prevent any further neural damage is a significant source of concern for the anesthesiologist. Generally, intubation techniques for penetrating neck trauma were planned according to the initial position of patients.

[The prognostic value of cerebral oxygen saturation measurement for assessing prognosis after cardiopulmonary resuscitation].

Background: Despite new improvements on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), brain damage is very often after resuscitation.

Objective: To assess the prognostic value of cerebral oxygen saturation measurement (rSO) for assessing prognosis on patients after cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Design: Retrospective analysis.

Anaesthesia Management of a Child with West Syndrome.

West syndrome (WS) is an epileptic encephalopathy usually occurring during the first year of life and is characterized by severe electroencephalography (EEG) derangement. Most of these patients may develop cerebral palsy, facial malformations, and skeletal deformities. The anaesthesiologist should make the preoperative assessment carefully due to epileptic seizures and should consider the possibility of difficult intubation because of coexisting anatomic malformations during the anaesthesia management of patients with WS.