Please take a good look at the profiles of the Miller and Mac blades. Both are straight and curved: The Mac blade is curved in the back-facilitating the ...
Straight blades improve visualization of the larynx while curved blades increase ease of intubation: a comparison of the Macintosh, Miller, McCoy, Belscope and...
Light Intensity of Curved Laryngoscope Blades in Philadelphia Emergency Departments Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 50, Issue 3 (September 2007) - ...
Ivan: This was the study I was going to send in re: view versus intubation conditions. The miller can get a straight shot but it does not create the working...
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Yep, tere is more space in the mouth with the MAC; however this is the case in easy intubations. However in difficult intubations (most comonly due to anterior...
The better adult straight blade is the henderson blade. Check out the specs. With this I am truly taking a blog-break. _________________ Seth Manoach MD SUNY...
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Rich Levitan's difficult airway overview: http://www.femf.org/education/ClinCon01/Levitan.htm Ivan Hronek MD SFMC, Los Angeles cell: 310 487-3288 ...
Special devices and techniques Anesthesiology Clinics of North America - Volume 20, Issue 4 (December 2002) Fig. 7. Henderson laryngoscope blade. (Courtesy of...
Laryngoscopy was performed with a Henderson laryngoscope blade (Karl Storz Endoscopy, Inc., Culver City, CA).25 Like the Miller blade, the Henderson blade is a...
Would never push sux or anything else on this guy in the first place. Would call ENT. Would find out if one of you guys truly felt competent with FOB. ENT...
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Don't use it. _________________ Seth Manoach MD SUNY Downstate Sent from Blackberry ... From: Ivan Hronek [ivanhronek@...] Sent: 12/31/2007 06:27 PM PST ...
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Any technique you use you may still fail. It's easy to say "I'll go by the book and will not give a muscle relaxant so the professor doesn't criticize me"....
BJA Advance Access originally published online on September 16, 2005 British Journal of Anaesthesia 2005 95(5):710-714; doi:10.1093/bja/aei241 This Article ...
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You have to be able to use Rocuronium with so many contraindications for SUX. What do you do for hyperkalemic patients ? How about patients with prolonged...
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Volume 51 Issue 7 Page 848-857, August 2007 To cite this article: C. Lysakowski, L. Suppan, C. Czarnetzki, E. Tassonyi, M....
In this study they chcekd the laryngeal view grades and then they checked the success rate of intubation with the Airtraq. The success rate of AOL-assisted...
Ivan: Our P+T at both institutions only give us sux and vec. I use vec in very select cases, as I referred to in a prior e-mail. As a resident at NYU I used...
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http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/358/1/9 Confidentiality Notice: This transmission and any attached documents may be confidential and contain...
Hi, anyone out there using an optical stylet through the LMA ? Doesn't seem to work for me with the Ambu Auras and LMA Unique - hard to visualize the cords. Is...
Alfenta metaanalysis used in lieu of SUX...what do you think ....? Please fee free to post interesting articles, questions, observations and interesting...
Sux 0.6 mg/kg used in morbidly obese pts. for quick return of spont. ventilation..intubating conditions apparently excellent. Results: Mean time to maximal...
They are quite useful through the Air-Q. The technique depends upon a LIFTING maneuver at the very end to complete the intubation and a "one-armed bandit" type...
Ivan, I have made it back to my computer and thought I would give one last chime in on this case. A few things I would like to know in addition was 1)was the...
Nelson, Lindsey (nels...
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Here's my take on video-laryngoscopy... The Airway Gazzette May 2007 http://sam.zorebo.com/cms_downloads/AirwayGazette.5.3.07FINAL.pdf Letter to the Editor ...
Anyone is using this for hearts or for trauma yet ? There is a new rapid TEG that gives results within minutes - you can save of factor VII use very quickly,...
I m glad you are saying this, I am looking forward to seeing the new optical stylet, as I haven;t yet had a big success with all the other ones so far. i...
We use a TEG for general ICU and bleeding patients. Also useful for diagnosing sepsis early and DIC Hayden ... From: Ivan Hronek <ivanhronek@...> To:...
Hayden, how do you use it in sepsis..for DIC dx ? How often do you see DIC in sepsis, do you use it routinely or only of the plts go down ? What do you do with...
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