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One step toward the development of preoperative risk index for postoperative reintubation after planned extubation in the operation room
23 March 2011
Ping-Wing Lui
To determine tracheal extubation during the emergence of anesthesia, anesthesia providers routinely assess the patient based on the balance between the residual effects of anesthetics inclusive of neu...
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New device for Pentax-AirWayscope in pediatric intubation
23 March 2011
Cheesang Ho
Abstract: The PBLADE® which is a component used with Pentax-AWS® (AWS) has only one size that is essentially for use in adults. It cannot be used in children and neonates. We have made a new device to...
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Pentax-AWS Airway Scope® for tracheal intubation breaks through the limitation of neck motion in an ankylosing spondylitis patient wearing halo vest – A case report
23 March 2011
Wei-Chun Cheng, Jimmy-Ong, Chia-Ling Lee, Cing-Hong Lan, Tsung-Ying Chen, Hsien-Yong Lai
Abstract: The Airway Scope® (AWS) provides better glottic view than the conventional direct laryngoscopy in tracheal intubation. With it, the endotracheal tube can be more easily inserted into the tra...
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Local anesthetic infiltration to the trachea facilitates spontaneous ventilation in a patient with giant lung bullae undergoing an emergent non-pulmonary surgery
23 March 2011
Chia-Wen Chen, King-Chuen Wu, Yu-Cheng Kuo, Yi-Ying Chiang, Rick Sai-Chuen Wu
Bullous lung disease is an uncommon cause of respiratory distress. However, patients with giant lung bullae are sometimes scheduled for non-thoracic surgery. Specific problems associated with anesthes...
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Sudden transient paraplegia shortly after preoperative thoracic epidural catheterization – A case report
23 March 2011
Cheng-Chun Liao, King-Chuen Wu, Yu-Cheng Liu, Rick S.C. Wu, Kar-Lok Wong
Abstract: We report a case of sudden onset of paraplegia shortly after thoracic epidural catheterization for postoperative analgesia and discuss the possible causes of this event. A 38-year-old woman ...
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