European journal of anaesthesiology
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Letter Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Comparison of Quick Track and Melker for emergent invasive airway management during chest compression: A crossover simulation trial.
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Comparative Study Observational Study
Comparison between bougies and stylets for simulated tracheal intubation with the C-MAC D-blade videolaryngoscope.
The C-MAC D-blade is a new, highly angulated, videolaryngoscope blade designed for use in patients with difficult airways. Directing a tracheal tube into the trachea with any indirect viewing laryngoscope can be difficult, even with a good view of the laryngeal inlet. ⋯ The differences in time to intubate in both the easy and difficult laryngoscopy settings were minor for the different introducer strategies studied. The stylet introducers tended to take less time, but this did not result in important statistical differences. When using the C-MAC D-blade videolaryngoscope for simulated tracheal intubation, stylets and bougies performed in a similar fashion.
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Little is known about real-time in-vivo microscopy of pulmonary capillary perfusion because current microscopy requires direct access to lung tissue with surgical intervention such as the thoracic-window technique and open-lung model. ⋯ pCLE allows endoscopic real-time in-vivo imaging of pulmonary capillary morphology and perfusion. Alterations in pulmonary capillary blood flow induced by different ventilator regimens can be detected. This minimally invasive approach via the endotracheal route is feasible in an experimental setting and may help to understand changes in regional pulmonary capillary perfusion.