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Ann Intensive Care
January 2025
Department of Intensive Care Unit, Yanbian University Hospital, No. 1327, Juzi Street, Xinxing Street, Yanji, 136200, Jilin, China.
Background: Invasive procedures and environmental factors in the intensive care unit (ICU) may cause anxiety and discomfort in patients, who often require sedation therapy. The aim of this study was to assess the safety of remimazolam tosilate for procedural sedation in ICU patients receiving mechanical ventilation following endotracheal intubation. Eighty patients from a single centre were randomly assigned to either the propofol group or the remimazolam group.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRadiol Case Rep
March 2025
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Charles Nicolle Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare malignancy. We report the case of a 65-year-old male who presented to our department due to a 3-month history of mild dysphagia without other associated symptoms. The neck, laryngeal, and hypopharyngeal examinations were normal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Accurate placement of medical devices is crucial in critical care to prevent severe complications. This study aims to evaluate radiology residents' proficiency in identifying four specific critical misplacements of medical devices using the Wisdom in Diagnostic Imaging Simulation (WIDI SIM).
Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 1,102 responses from radiology residents who participated in the WIDI SIM between 2010 and 2022.
J Clin Med
October 2024
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
The field of interventional pulmonology has grown immensely and is increasingly recognized as a subspecialty. The new procedures introduced in the last decade pose unique challenges, and anesthesiologists need to readapt to their specific demands. In this review, we extensively discuss the pathophysiology, technical aspects, preprocedural preparation, anesthetic management, and postprocedural challenges of many new procedures such as navigational bronchoscopy, endobronchial valve deployment, and bronchial thermoplasty.
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October 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, USA.
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