Improving patients’ shared decision-making abilities in healthcare requires arming them with timely, accurate, patient-centered education.

Introduction Vocal cord paralysis (VCP) is a deprivation of motility and the dysfunction of the vocal cords due to a defect in the vagal nerve or recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN). It also occurs due to ...

In a cohort study of patients with active hemorrhage, endotracheal intubation in the emergency department (ED) was associated with higher mortality rates, more frequent ICU admissions, and a greater ...

Objective Investigate the impact of high stress (HS) using four stressors (physiological, psychological/social, contextual and situational) versus low stress (LS) on stress response and performance ...

Endotracheal intubation, the insertion of an endotracheal tube (ETT) through the vocal cords into the trachea, is an essential and potentially life-saving procedure in neonates. Most commonly, ...

HOUSTON – (April 11, 2024) – TinyTrach, a team of interdisciplinary engineering students from Rice University, created an innovative pediatric endotracheal tube (ETT) integrated with a camera and ...

Use of hyperangulated video laryngoscopy reduced the number of attempts needed to achieve endotracheal intubation compared with direct laryngoscopy among adults undergoing elective or emergent ...

An 11-year-old girl died in western France last month from rare intubation complications during a back surgery. The girl had been suffering from scoliosis, a sideways curve of the spine that can be ...

Patients were excluded if they were known to be pregnant, were known to be prisoners (i.e., were incarcerated or involuntarily detained), or had an immediate need for tracheal intubation that ...