Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Comment Letter
Television as an aid to induction of anesthesia in children.
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Case Reports Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
A management option for leaking endotracheal tube cuffs: use of lidocaine jelly.
To evaluate the effectiveness of methods for sealing a small endotracheal tube cuff perforation. ⋯ The authors' in vitro results, in conjunction with the observations from their two cases, suggest that lidocaine jelly mixed with 1 to 3 parts normal saline may be useful in managing certain types of endotracheal tube cuff incompetence.
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While malformations of the upper airway are rare, they present challenging management problems and have a potentially devastating impact during anesthesia. This case report describes the management of a patient with a massive supraglottic venous malformation as he underwent transvenous embolization.
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Anesthetic experience with three cases of the resection of glucagonoma, a rare tumor of alpha cells of pancreatic islets, is presented. Marked increases of blood glucagon and glucose levels, with the potential for clinically significant metabolic and myocardial dysfunction, did not occur during anesthesia and surgery. Associated tumors of other endocrine cell types also were absent in the three study patients. Strategies for anticipating and managing other perioperative problems associated with glucagonoma also are discussed.