Prone ventilation in H1N1 virus-associated severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: A case series.

Background: Management of H1N1 viral infection-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has primarily been focused on lung protective ventilation strategies, despite that mortality remains high (up to 45%). Other measures to improve survival are prone position ventilation (PPV) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. There is scarcity of literature on the use of prone ventilation in H1N1-associated ARDS patients.

A Comparative Evaluation of Hemodynamic Response and Ease of Intubation using Airtraq and McCoy Laryngoscope.

Background: Various airway gadgets have been devised to overcome difficult airway scenario in anesthesia practice. It includes simple rigid laryngoscope to complex fiber-optic intubating devices; however, there is weak evidence to support the superiority of one device over the other.

Aims And Objective: The ease of intubation, time and the hemodynamic variability between two groups during intubation are considered as the primary outcome measures.