Determining what type of airway management strategy to implement for a patient having an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a complex decision that involves a broad range of variables. Inclusion ...

The practice of airway management and tracheal intubation remains a cornerstone of emergency and critical care medicine. Advances in technology and protocol development have substantially improved ...

Objective: To evaluate the utility of the Cook airway exchange catheter (CAEC) for extubation/reintubation in pediatric patients with a known difficult airway. Design: Prospective, nonrandomized.

Scientists and surgeons have led a revolutionary operation to transplant a new trachea into a child, using the child's own stem cells to rebuild the airway in the body. UCL scientists and surgeons ...

Tracheostomy should be considered in patients with acute respiratory failure who require prolonged mechanical ventilation — defined as ventilation for 7 days or more — and who are expected to have a ...

While stents are great at holding the airway open and simultaneously allowing the trachea to continue growing, they can move around, or cause damage when they're eventually removed. New research ...

FORT DETRICK, Md. – The Medical Research and Development Command’s Office of Medical Technology Transfer is looking for entrepreneurs to help them fast-track a suite of innovative new tools that ...

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- As South Korea accelerates its transition into an aged society, the demand for life-sustaining medical technologies is reaching new heights. A comprehensive ...