Endotracheal tube exchange is an important part of airway management in patients in intensive care units, operating theaters, and emergency departments. 1,2 In most cases, the procedure involves the ...

Placement of a double-lumen endotracheal tube is an airway-management technique that permits isolation and selective ventilation of a single lung. Double-lumen tubes are bifurcated into a bronchial ...

Among intensive care unit patients who require mechanical ventilation, use of a silver-coated endotracheal tube resulted in reduced incidence of pneumonia associated with ventilators, according to a ...

Mechanical ventilation highlights the fundamental paradox of critical care: it can be both life-saving and life-threatening. Mechanical ventilation provides a bridge to recovery for patients with ...

Use of hyperangulated video laryngoscopy reduced the number of attempts needed to achieve endotracheal intubation compared with direct laryngoscopy among adults undergoing elective or emergent ...

Overall partial pressure of CO² and the constant real-time measurement of CO² present what a patient likely is experiencing physiologically. For years, we used color-metric devices to identify for ...

Respiratory.ventilation The FDA recommends that health care providers be aware of the increased risk, and follow the instructions for use in the device labeling. Silicone-based electromyogram (EMG) ...