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Cureus
November 2024
Intensive Medicine, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos, PRT.
Isolated cricoid fractures are exceedingly rare but can be life-threatening. Injuries caused by minor neck trauma related to external laryngeal manipulation or an inappropriate tube cuff size have been reported in the literature. Symptoms typically appear immediately after the traumatic episode.
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November 2024
Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, JPN.
Background: Epiglottic masses are often asymptomatic, making them difficult to detect during preoperative examinations. Consequently, anesthesiologists may face ventilation difficulties with no apparent cause. Epiglottic masses can sometimes obstruct laryngoscope insertion into the epiglottic vallecula, complicating general anesthesia induction.
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November 2024
Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Postgraduate Program in Adult Health - São Luís (MA), Brazil.
Objective: The aim of the study was to compare the postoperative effects of endotracheal tube cuff inflation with alkalized lidocaine in patients undergoing thyroidectomy surgery.
Methods: This is a randomized, double-blind clinical trial between August 2020 and August 2022 at the Hospital São Domingos, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. Patients over 18 years who underwent thyroidectomy of both sexes, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I or ASA II, were included.
J Clin Anesth
December 2024
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Germany; Member of Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany.
Study Objective: Second-generation laryngeal mask airways are equipped with an additional lumen for a gastric tube, with the intention to reduce the risk of aspiration by draining gastric content. However, the effect of an inserted gastric tube through the gastric channel on gastric insufflation, a substantial part of the pathomechanism of aspiration, during positive-pressure ventilation is not clear. We hypothesized, that an inserted gastric tube increases the risk of gastric insufflation.
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November 2024
Anesthesiology and Critical Care Departments, Rooney Heart Institute, Naples Community Hospital, Naples, Florida.
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