1,716 results match your criteria: "Nasotracheal Intubation"
J Clin Med
November 2024
Department Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, 8032 Zürich, Switzerland.
Panfacial fractures are complex fractures involving multiple regions of the facial skeleton and may require multiple surgeries over a relatively short period. They are often associated with polytrauma and other injuries including neurotrauma, which require either immediate (ATLS) airway management, prolonged intubation, or repeated intubations for staged surgeries. The choice of airway for the surgical management of these fractures is difficult, as an assessment of the occlusion is required, and the central nasal complex and/or skull base may be involved, making classical orotracheal or nasotracheal intubation problematic.
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November 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Critical Care, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, SRB.
Airway management in patients with advanced ankylosing spondylitis (AS) presents a unique challenge due to possible cervical spine deformities that restrict neck mobility and affect access to the airway. Traditional airway management strategies, such as direct laryngoscopy and even fiberoptic intubation, are often rendered ineffective due to these anatomical limitations. Furthermore, surgical options like tracheostomy can be infeasible in cases with significant neck deformities, necessitating alternative approaches.
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December 2024
UW Health Med Flight, Madison, WI; Berbee Walsh Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
J Oral Maxillofac Surg
November 2024
Professor and Program Director, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX. Electronic address:
Nasotracheal intubation is crucial for many oral and maxillofacial surgery procedures; however, it presents more challenges than orotracheal intubation and requires a higher level of training, along with various execution options. The routine use of an endotracheal tube (ETT)-first nasal fiberoptic intubation protocol is recommended, specifically in cases where orotracheal intubation is not possible or feasible. In this proposed technique, 137 randomly selected patients underwent fiberoptic nasotracheal intubation for general anesthesia utilizing a strict ETT first protocol.
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November 2024
Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Introduction: In oral maxillofacial surgery, the nasal tracheal tube is mostly used to provide a better surgical field for oral, head and neck operations. Postoperative sore throat and hoarseness are common following tracheal intubation, with an incidence of 11-55%. Then, we previously reported advantage technique of fiberoptic scope to decrease the risk which the tip of the tube is visualized as the tube is advanced which helps avoid impingement of the tube.
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November 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, Aichi Gakuin University School of Dentistry, 2-11 Suemori- dori, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8651, Japan.
Background: Nasotracheal intubation (NTI) is necessary during surgeries requiring clear access to the surgical field and in patients with respiratory issues. This study investigates the pre-NTI nasal disinfection efficacy of different cotton swab sizes, hypothesizing that smaller swabs could minimize bleeding while maintaining disinfection efficacy.
Methods: Patients classified as American Society of Anesthesiologists-physical status (ASA-PS) class 1 or 2 scheduled for general anesthesia with NTI were randomly assigned to either a large cotton swabs (LCS) or fine cotton swabs (FCS) group in this randomized controlled trial (RCT).
Anesth Prog
September 2024
In complex maxillofacial fractures in which orotracheal and nasotracheal intubation are otherwise contraindicated, alternatives for airway management include tracheostomy and submental intubation (SMI). In this case, SMI was used successfully, although it did result in accidental endobronchial intubation intraoperatively that was quickly recognized and managed appropriately. SMI can be a useful method for securing a patient's airway, but like all surgical approaches, it does carry the potential for complications.
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October 2024
University of Health Sciences Turkey, Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Anaesthesiology İstanbul, Turkey.
Primary intratracheal masses causing luminal obstruction are relatively rare, posing a challenge for anaesthesiologists in airway management. This case report describes a distinctive airway management approach in a 71-year-old female patient with an aorta-carotid artery bypass graft that significantly obstructed the trachea. The patient presented with worsening shortness of breath, and a thoracic computed tomography scan revealed a 19.
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December 2024
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Ben Arous Trauma and Burn Center, 2013 Ben Arous, Tunisia; University of Tunis Medical School, Tunisia; University Tunis El Manar Medical School, Tunisia.
J Dent Anesth Pain Med
October 2024
Department of Dental Anesthesiology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.
Orthognathic surgery often requires intraoral orthodontic appliances that are fixed directly to the bone, which can complicate nasotracheal intubation if the devices protrude into the nasal cavity. This case report describes a 19-year-old man scheduled for elective orthognathic surgery who experienced recurrent cuff tears of the endotracheal tube during nasotracheal intubation due to protruding orthodontic screws in the palate. Despite initial attempts at nasotracheal intubation through the left nostril, the cuff of the 7.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol
March 2024
Department of Trauma and Emergency, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Minerva Anestesiol
October 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India.
Cureus
September 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, JPN.
In patients with obesity, airway obstruction is more likely to occur because of the effects of gravity on the supine position and compression of the airway caused by the weight of soft tissues. This significantly increases the risk of apnea and hypoxemia. Therefore, careful airway monitoring and securing are essential after anesthesia induction and during postoperative recovery.
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December 2024
Department of Anaesthesia and critical care, Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
Background: Nasotracheal intubation is challenging for anaesthesiologists in faciomaxillary injuries due to the anticipated difficult airways. The effectiveness of a non-channelled McGrath video laryngoscope was compared with a conventional Macintosh laryngoscope during nasotracheal intubation.
Methods: Sixty American Society of Anaesthesiologists I-II patients aged between 18 and 60 years of both sexes undergoing elective faciomaxillary surgeries from September 2019 to February 2020 were prospectively randomised into two groups (Macintosh laryngoscope Group, McGrath video laryngoscope Group) of 30.
J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech
December 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Torrential bleeding is a rare and life-threatening complication of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). We report a case of head and neck AVMs present with uncontrollable torrential bleeding, which was treated with embolization and sclerotherapy. Then we explored the potential multidisciplinary handling of the procedure for this kind of case.
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September 2024
From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Anaesth Intensive Care
September 2024
Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Australia.
Trauma Case Rep
October 2024
University of Kansas, United States of America.
Background: Cervical injuries due to hanging have a high mortality rate. Survivors may present for care with subtle symptoms that belie potentially life-threatening injuries to vital structures of the neck.
Case Report: We report a case of a 39-year-old male admitted to the Intensive Care Unit following attempted self-strangulation.
Indian J Anaesth
August 2024
Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Delhi, India.
Background And Aims: Awake intubation is the preferred method for securing difficult airways. We compared intravenous (IV) propofol and dexmedetomidine for C-MAC D-blade-guided anticipated difficult nasotracheal intubation under conscious sedation.
Methods: This randomised study included 60 patients with difficult airway (El-Ganzouri Score 4-9).
Korean J Anesthesiol
December 2024
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Background: The incidence of epistaxis during nasotracheal intubation via the left nostril is more frequent than that during intubation via the right nostril. This study evaluated the effect of the reverse bevel and tip direction of the nasotracheal tube on the incidence of epistaxis during nasotracheal intubation via the left nostril.
Methods: Patients undergoing right-sided maxillofacial surgery requiring left nasotracheal intubation were randomly allocated to the control (tracheal tube in the conventional direction) or reverse (a 180˚ reverse direction, with the tube bevel facing the nasal septum and the leading edge (i.
J Vis Exp
August 2024
Otorhinolaryngology Department, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy.
Difficulties or failures in securing the airway still occur and can lead to permanent disabilities and mortality. Patients with head and neck pathologies obstructing airway access are at risk of airway management failure once they lose spontaneous respiration. Awake flexible scope intubation is considered the gold standard for controlling the airway in such patients.
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June 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, Dr B R Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Restricted mouth opening is a challenging airway in pediatric patients with temperomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis. The fiber-optic bronchoscopic nasotracheal intubation technique continues to be the gold standard for difficult airway, among the techniques available such as submandibular intubation, retrograde intubation, and tracheostomy. However, awake fiber-optic bronchoscopy (FOB) is difficult to achieve in pediatric patients.
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