Assessment of awake i-gel™ insertion for fiberoptic-guided intubation in patients with predicted difficult airway: A prospective, observational study.

Background And Aims: Orotracheal intubation (OTI) with fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) in spontaneous ventilation is one of the main techniques for patients with predicted difficult airway. Latest generation supraglottic airway devices have been designed to allow OTI through them. We assessed the safety and effectiveness of FOB-guided OTI through i-gel™ device which was inserted in spontaneously breathing patients with predicted difficult airway.

Fiberoptic-guided intubation after insertion of the i-gel airway device in spontaneously breathing patients with difficult airway predicted: a prospective observational study.

Study Objective: To assess the viability of performing fiberoptic-guided orotracheal intubation through the i-gel airway device previously inserted in spontaneously breathing patients with predicted difficult airway to achieve a patent airway.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: Operating room in a tertiary care hospital.

A comparison of the I-Gel supraglottic device with endotracheal intubation for bronchoscopic lung volume reduction coil treatment.

Study Objective: To compare the use of the I-gel airway with orotracheal intubation (OTI) for bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) coil treatment in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with heterogeneous emphysema, since it has been proved that supraglottic airways have lower incidence of postoperative respiratory complaints compared to OTI.

Design: A comparative, prospective observational study was designed to assess the use of the I-gel airway compared with the OTI.

Setting: Bronchoscopy room at the University Hospital Fundación Jimenez Diaz, Madrid.

Delayed quadriparesis after an interscalene brachial plexus block and general anesthesia: a differential diagnosis.

Interscalene brachial plexus block has been widely used for upper limb surgery. Different neurological complications related to this technique have been published. We report a case of quadriparesis of delayed onset, without loss of consciousness or cardiopulmonary compromise after an interscalene block and general anesthesia in a seated position.