Products 2024: Intubation & Airway Management
A closer look at some of the latest airway management and intubation devices from Dale Medical, Dynarex, International Biomedical, Medline Industries, Neotech Products and Olympus America.
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Podcast: Virtual Reality in Healthcare
Michael Fratantoro and Brian S. Kaufman, MD discuss the use of virtual reality as a tool in training and education in healthcare.
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Awake Prone Positioning and COVID-19 Intubation Rates
A clinical trial revealed no difference in the risk of intubation requirement at 30 days between awake prone positioning and standard positioning for patients with COVID-19.
Ventilators: ‘Let Us Go Back to the Basics’
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that critical care departments are reverting to pre-pandemic ventilator protocols for treating COVID-19 patients.
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GE Healthcare Launches X-ray Artificial Intelligence to Assess ET Tube Placement in COVID-19 Patients
GE Healthcare has released a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to help clinicians assess Endotracheal Tube (ETT) placements.
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GE Healthcare AI Assists ET Tube Placement for COVID-19 Patients
GE Healthcare announced a new artificial intelligence algorithm to help clinicians assess endotracheal tube placements, a necessary and important step when ventilating critically ill COVID-19 patients.
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FDA Approves ANDA for Intubation Anesthetic
The US FDA approved an abbreviated new drug application for succinylcholine chloride injection USP 200 mg/10 mL, used to facilitate tracheal intubation and to provide skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery or mechanical ventilation.
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How Do Steroids Impact Outcomes in Intubated Patients With Angioedema
Steroid treatment in intubated patients with angioedema had no effect on length of time spent in intensive care unit, new research shows.
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FDA Approves Abbreviated NDA for Sedation Drug Nimbex
The FDA approved an abbreviated new drug application for cisatracurium besylate USP 20 mg/10mL (trade name Nimbex), which is indicated to facilitate tracheal intubation and to provide skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery or mechanical ventilation.
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Asthma May Not Be a Significant Risk Factor for Severe COVID-19 or COVID-related Intubation
COVID-19 patients with asthma did not seem to be more likely to be intubated than non-asthmatics, according to a new study.
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NICU Respiratory Therapists Striving for Improvement, One Endotracheal Tube at a Time
Implementing an evidence-based standardized approach of care for ventilated neonatal patients will reduce unplanned extubations in the NICU, and Respiratory Therapy departments should take the lead in developing a performance improvement project.
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Pulmodyne Now the Exclusive Distributor for Naso-Flo
Pulmodyne Inc is now the US Exclusive Master Distributor of the Naso-Flo, and the new Naso-Flo2 product line.
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Capnography and Airway Management
Carbon dioxide monitoring is especially important for patients undergoing anesthesia and for patients who have an airway management device in place.
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EMS Intubation Errors Tied to 12 Rhode Island Deaths
According to ProPublica, a dozen patients in Rhode Island have died in the last three years after artificial airways were inserted into the esophagus by non-paramedic EMS personnel.
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Emergency Intubation
Emergency intubations are almost always associated with cardiac or respiratory arrest in hospitalized patients and often occur during intense resuscitation activities.
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