The Beneficial Role of Endotracheal Lidocaine in Mitigating Hemodynamic Responses During Elective Surgical Tracheostomy in Head and Neck Cancer Patients.

Background: The effectiveness of endotracheal lidocaine administration to reduce sympathetic stimulus after tracheostomy is still uncertain.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the hemodynamic responses of patients undergoing tracheostomy with and without pre-tracheostomy administration of endotracheal lidocaine.

Study Design, Setting And Sample: A prospective cohort study was conducted at a tertiary care cancer center in the United Kingdom.

The effects of personal protective equipment on airway management: An in-situ simulation.

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation on 11th March and has led to over 41,000 deaths in the UK. Public Health England guidance for aerosol generating procedures (AGP) requires the donning of personal protective equipment (PPE). We evaluated airway management skills using an in-situ emergency simulation.

A randomised clinical trial comparing the flexible fibrescope and the Pentax Airway Scope (AWS)(®) for awake oral tracheal intubation.

We compared awake fibreoptic intubation with awake intubation using the Pentax Airway Scope(®) in 40 adult patients. Sedation was achieved using a target-controlled remifentanil infusion of 1-5 ng.ml(-1) and midazolam.

Awake tracheal intubation using Pentax airway scope in 30 patients: A Case series.

Background And Aims: Pentax airway scope (AWS) has been successfully used for managing difficult intubations. In this case series, we aimed to evaluate the success rate and time taken to complete intubation, when AWS was used for awake tracheal intubation.

Methods: We prospectively evaluated the use of AWS for awake tracheal intubation in 30 patients.