It is important to estimate the required size of an oropharyngeal airway. If it is too big it may occlude the patient's airway by displacing the epiglottis (Skinner and Vincent, 1997), or it may ...

The simple oropharyngeal (Guedel) airway is commonly used to help maintain a clear airway during the initial stages ofresuscitation. The nasopharyngeal airway is sometimes used in the ...

Hundreds of times every week during this pandemic, doctors and nurses treating critically ill COVID-19 patients steel themselves for […] It starts with pulling on head-to-toe protective gear.

In addition, a descriptive post-hoc analyses of START, STR1VE-EU and STR1VE-US (n=65) indicated children with SMA Type 1 achieved or maintained important measures of bulbar function following ...

"An adult patient with an infected epiglottis was in danger of having his airway blocked by rapid swelling, and this technique enabled us to safely control his airway without surgery," said Anton ...