The use of vasopressors to reduce post-intubation hypotension in critically ill adult patients undergoing emergent endotracheal intubation: a scoping review.

Introduction: Patients requiring emergent endotracheal intubation are at higher risk of post-intubation hypotension due to altered physiology in critical illness. Post-intubation hypotension increases mortality and hospital length of stay, however, the impact of vasopressors on its incidence and outcomes is not known. This scoping review identified studies reporting hemodynamic data in patients undergoing emergent intubation to provide a literature overview on post-intubation hypotension in cohorts that did and did not receive vasopressors.

Quality of Life Assessment After Maxillomandibular Advancement Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Purpose: Although maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) surgery is highly efficacious for the management of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), little information exists regarding the subjective effect of this treatment modality. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of MMA on patient-perceived quality of life (QOL) in OSA.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective cohort study of patients treated with MMA for OSA from May 2010 to April 2015 was performed.

Linear and volumetric airway changes after maxillomandibular advancement for obstructive sleep apnea.

Purpose: Maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) surgery is a well-established treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Although many studies have assessed the efficacy of MMA in treating OSA, very few studies have quantified the magnitude of its changes to airway morphology. Therefore, the present study investigated the linear and volumetric morphologic changes that occur in the pharyngeal airway after treatment of OSA using MMA.

Pharyngeal airway morphology in healthy individuals and in obstructive sleep apnea patients treated with maxillomandibular advancement: a comparative study.

Objective: This study investigated the differences in airway morphology between control patients and those with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treated with maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) to gain better insight into the beneficial effects of MMA on airway morphology and OSA severity.

Study Design: This retrospective case-control study included preoperative radiographic data gathered for all patients; postoperative radiographic data were gathered for the OSA group. Statistical analysis, including the Student t test, and simple linear regression was performed to identify differences in cephalometric and airway variables among the three groups and to associate airway morphology to disease severity.