Intubation with an Airway Scope offered high success rates when tracheal intubation is required in a laterally positioned patient, according to a study published in the March 2011 issue of Anesthesia ...

Education using a video system mounted into a traditional Macintosh blade improved intubation skills in medical students, according to a study published in the June 2011 issue of Anesthesia & ...

Computerized analysis of facial structure can classify patients for whom intubation might be difficult, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia. The study, titled "Accurate ...

Awake tracheal intubation using videolaryngoscopy is safe and effective in patients with suspected difficult airways, with a high success rate and a low number of serious complications.

Trauma patients urgently requiring a breathing tube are more likely to survive if the tube is inserted before arriving at hospital compared to insertion afterwards, suggests a modeling study led by ...

It's widely known that patients who are intubated for five to six hours during lengthy surgeries are at greater risk for follow-up complications to the larynx (voice box) such as sore throat, ...

Should I Push the Propofol? We received the following question from a registered nurse (RN). The answer may be of interest to nurses working in many different healthcare settings: I've been discussing ...

Around 1 in 10 surgery patients studied by researchers were still partly conscious during their procedure despite having been given general anesthesia, a study has suggested. The study involved 338 ...