Application of "twelve-step" approach based on SEEK for difficult awake tracheal intubation in patients with cervical spinal tumor.

Difficult airway always occurs in patients with cervical spinal tumor. Awake tracheal intubation (ATI) is usually a primary safe approach for clinical doctors in these intractable difficult airways. It is of great significance to establish specific strategies to reduce related acute airway accidents.

Prevalence and determinants of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis from school screening in Huangpu district, Shanghai, China.

Objective: To identify the prevalence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and potential disease-related factors in children aged 11 to 16 years in the Huangpu district, Shanghai, China.

Methods: A total of 10,731 children (5,518 boys and 5,213 girls) were screened in the year of 2019. The screening process included a bending forward test and scoliometer measurements.

Development of endotracheal intubation devices for patients with tumors.

The incidence and mortality of malignant tumors are rapidly increasing in the world. Patients with malignant tumors often need surgery for treatment. Endotracheal intubation is a necessary technique for surgical patients undergoing general anesthesia.

Clinical characteristics and prediction analysis of the recovered COVID-19 patients with re-detectable positive RNA test.

Background: Previous studies have unveiled the occurrence of re-detectable positive (RP) RNA test result after hospital discharge among recovered COVID-19 patients, but the clinical characteristics of RP patients (RP patients) and the potential features affecting RP RNA test outcome remain unclear.

Methods: A total of 742 COVID-19 patients discharged between March 1, 2020 and March 20, 2020 were enrolled. All patients were followed-up for SARS-CoV-2 RNA test and RP patents were identified.

Reintubation during COVID-19 pandemic: a simple self-made guiding device facilitates reintubation and minimizes transmission.

Consensus guidelines to protect airway managers during COVID-19 were developed to encourage safe, accurate and swift performance in intubation and extubation, but reintubation was not considered. With the massive surge of patients requiring mechanical ventilation in this COVID-19 pandemic, great incidence of difficult airways may necessitate reintubation. Equipments could be used now in extubation and reintubation are either too expensive and time-consuming in decontamination, or have not gained wide acceptance.