Ayre's T-piece, first introduced 80 years ago, continues to be widely used in pediatric anesthesia despite colossal advances in equipment and technology. We present a review of its history, advantages, and disadvantages, and place in modern-day clinical practice.
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Vet Anaesth Analg
January 2025
Small Animal Hospital, University of Glasgow, School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, Glasgow, UK.
Objective: To investigate which breathing systems are available and why they are selected in dogs weighing 5-10 kg.
Study Design: Anonymous online voluntary open survey.
Methods: An online survey, designed following CHERRIES guidelines, was advertised through the American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists - List, Association of Veterinary Anaesthesia and European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia (February-March 2022).
A A Pract
November 2024
From the Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Transporting spontaneously ventilating adults with tracheostomies from the operating room (OR) or other anesthetizing locations to the intensive care unit (ICU) or other recovery locations presents significant challenges, as traditional T-pieces may not be readily available. This article describes a novel modification to the Ayre's T-piece, designed to address this gap by using readily available equipment. The modification integrates a 3-mL syringe, a size 7.
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September 2023
Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Paediatr Anaesth
April 2019
Anesthesia and Neurosurgical Intensive Care, Università Vita-Salute - Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.
Paediatr Anaesth
August 2018
Department of Anaesthetics, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Ayre's T-piece, first introduced 80 years ago, continues to be widely used in pediatric anesthesia despite colossal advances in equipment and technology. We present a review of its history, advantages, and disadvantages, and place in modern-day clinical practice.
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