Published in Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
PurposeTo present a case of maxillofacial trauma and basal skull fracture (BSF) in whom nasotracheal intubation (NTI) was successfully used, without complication, to facilitate surgical fixation. To present alternative methods of airway management in this situation and to review the evidence supporting the notion that NTI is contraindicated in the ...
Published in Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
PurposeTo compare two airway management techniques, face mask (FM) with oropharyngeal airway and laryngeal mask airway (LMA), with respect to the effectiveness of positive pressure ventilation and airway maintenance.MethodsAfter induction of anaesthesia, two airway management techniques (FM or LMA) and three peak pressures (20, 25 and 30 cm H2O) we...
Published in Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
PurposeTo review the current literature and generate recommendations on the role of newer technology in the management of the unanticipated difficult airway.MethodsA literature search using key words and filters of English language and English abstracted publications from 1990–96 contained in theMedline, Current Contents andBiological Abstracts dat...
Published in Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
Published in Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
Published in Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
Published in Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
Published in Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
Published in Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
Published in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
