ABSTRACT Postoperative sore throat is a common complication after endotracheal intubation. After tracheal intubation, the incidence of sore throat varies from 14.4% to 50%. The aim of the study was to compare between benzydamine hydrochloride gel, lidocaine 5% gel and lidocaine 10% spray on the endotrach...
ABSTRACT Aberrant right subclavian artery-esophageal fistula is a rare but potentially fatal complication. It may be associated with procedures, such as tracheostomy and tracheal or esophageal intubation, and yields massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding difficult to identify and to control. A high inde...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorder in elective surgery patients who underwent orotracheal intubation. METHODS: This was a longitudinal controlled study with two groups. The study group included patients who underwent orot...
BACKGROUND: We compared intraocular pressure changes following laryngoscopy and intubation with conventional Macintosh blade and Airtraq optical laryngoscope. METHODS: Ninety adult patients were randomly assigned to study group or control group. Study group (n = 45) - Airtraq laryngoscope was used for la...
Para determinar fracción espirada final de sevoflurane al retirar tubo orotraqueal y máscara laríngea sin compli-caciones en pacientes pediátricos, se elaboró estudio obser-vacional de tipo descriptivo y, transversal, seleccionando un total de 40 pacientes de pediatría quirúrgica (Hospital Univers...
A causa benigna mais comum de estenose das vias aéreas superiores, em todas as
faixas etárias, é a lesão traqueal pós-intubação, que ocorre em 1% a 4% dos pacientes
submetidos à ventilação mecânica por longo período. Não tratada, a estenose das vias
aéreas cursa com significativa morbidade ...
JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: A espondilite anquilosante (EA) é uma doença inflamatória crônica das articulações, incluída no grupo das espondiloartropatias soronegativas. A característica principal dessa doença é a fusão óssea da coluna vertebral que leva à perda permanente da flexibilidade do...
CONTEXT: High compliance endotracheal tubes cuffs are used to prevent gas leak and also pulmonary aspiration in mechanically ventilated patients. However, the use of the usual cuff inflation volumes may cause tracheal damage. OBJECTIVE: We tested the hypothesis that endotracheal tube cuff pressures are r...
