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Awake airway endoscopy in mucopolysaccharidosis: a case report

Braz. J. Anesth. (Impr.); 73 (4), 2023
Abstract Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) are a group of rare genetic inherited diseases with a progressive course due to the accumulation of glycosaminoglycans resulting in anatomic abnormalities and organ dysfunction, including the respiratory, cardiovascular, skeletal, and neurological systems that can inc...

Awake videolaryngoscopy: Could it be a safe alternative to awake fiberoptic intubation?

Rev. chil. anest; 52 (2), 2023
INTRODUCTION: Awake fiberoptic intubation has for many years been the gold-standard in patients with difficult airway. Videolaryngoscopy has already shown some advantages in patients with a difficult airway and compared to fiberoptic intubation it uses a technically simpler equipment and it is easier and...

Conciencia transoperatoria en personas operadas mediante craneotomía despierto

La craneotomía con paciente despierto (CPD) demanda un manejo multidisciplinario particular debido al componente de conciencia transoperatoria que aporta beneficios en la resección tumoral y preservación neurológica, pero también implica el manejo de los riesgos asociados a la necesidad de cooperaci...

Impacto del índice de masa corporal en el uso del prono vigil y cánula nasal de alto flujo en pacientes con COVID-19

Int. j. morphol; 40 (4), 2022
RESUMEN: El objetivo del estudio fue determinar si la composición corporal es una condición que influye en el efecto del posicionamiento en prono vigil (PPV) en pacientes con COVID-19 conectados a cánula nasal de alto flujo (CNAF). Se realizó un estudio observacional retrospectivo y se analizaron los...

Craneotomía despierta para tumores cerebrales

Rev. chil. anest; 51 (5), 2022
Resection of tumoral lesions anatomically related to motor, sensitive and language areas of the brain, have the main goal of sparing those areas. For that purpose, Neurosurgery on awake patients helps in reducing the size of growing brain tumors in a safe manner, which leads to extending and improving qu...

Response of patients with acute respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 to awake-prone position outside the intensive care unit based on pulmonary involvement

Clinics; 76 (), 2021
OBJECTIVES: Since there are difficulties in establishing effective treatments for COVID-19, a vital way to reduce mortality is an early intervention to prevent disease progression. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of patients with COVID-19 with acute hypoxic respiratory failure according to p...

Awake craniotomy in brain tumors - Technique systematization and the state of the art

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 48 (), 2021
ABSTRACT The anesthesia for awake craniotomy (AC) is a consecrated anesthetic technique that has been perfected over the years. Initially used to map epileptic foci, it later became the standard technique for the removal of glial neoplasms in eloquent brain areas. We present an AC anesthesia technique co...

A new biofeedback approach for the control of awake bruxism and chronic migraine headache: utilization of an awake posterior interocclusal device

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 78 (7), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: The relationship of bidirectional comorbidity between chronic migraine and pain in the cephalic segment led us to evaluate the improvement in reducing the pain in patients diagnosed with chronic migraine headache and awake bruxism, when undergoing treatment with a partial posterior...