Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
-
Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Feb 2017
Practice GuidelineRecommendations on the use of deep neuromuscular blockade by anaesthesiologists and surgeons. AQUILES (Anestesia QUIrúrgica para Lograr Eficiencia y Seguridad) Consensus.
Neuromuscular blockade enables airway management, ventilation and surgical procedures. However there is no national consensus on its routine clinical use. The objective was to establish the degree of agreement among anaesthesiologists and general surgeons on the clinical use of neuromuscular blockade in order to make recommendations to improve its use during surgical procedures. ⋯ Collaboration among anaesthesiologists and surgeons has enabled some general recommendations to be established on deep neuromuscular blockade use during abdominal surgery.
-
Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Feb 2017
A predictive test for difficult intubation in laryngeal microsurgery. Validation study.
In 2003 a simple test to detect difficult intubation (DI) in patients underwent laryngeal microsurgery was described. The present study was conducted to validate the test. ⋯ The index was validated at a cut-off of ≥5, being a useful and reliable test to predict DI in patients with laryngeal diseases and it is a useful tool for anaesthesiologists with conventional training.