Fig. 8.1 Rigid Tracheoscope (RTS) Fig. 8.2 Transillumination of the neck If the operator chooses to use a standard ETT (a variation of the classic technique), this must be partially…
Fig. 4.1 Preoperative patient’s position. Rolled towels are positioned between the shoulder blades to obtain neck hyperextension An iodine-based solution was used to prepare the surgical field and sterile drapes…
Fig. 7.1 Guide wire dilating forceps Fig. 7.2 Guide wire dilating forceps: particular findigs Fig. 7.3 Guide wire dilating forceps: particular findigs with seldinger insertion References 1. Griggs WM, Worthley…
Fig. 5.1 Ciaglia Blue Rhino technique The Blue Dolphin technique is novel, using a combined dilator-tube introducer assembly, which uses a high-pressure balloon to dilate the stoma. The unique feature…
Fig. 17.1 Key recommendations of Danish guidelines 2015 for percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in the intensive care unit The first step to build a standardised approach to percutaneous tracheostomy was to…
Fig. 16.1 Critically ill patients divided according the mental status The rules of IC and the way to design the surrogate for critically ill patients differ across countries [5]. Many…
1. Humidification should be used during the immediate postoperative period and as necessary thereafter. 2. Humidification should be used if a patient requires mechanical ventilation. 3. Humidification should be used…
Fig. 11.1 (a) Local anaesthesia of the skin, the subcutaneous tissue and the trachea. (b) Air bubbles observed into the syringe after aspiration confirm the position in the airway. (c)…
Despite each technique has specific characteristics, all PDT are carried out during general anaesthesia using modified Seldinger technique (with the exception for TLT technique that uses a translaryngeal approach) and…
Author, year [ref] Number of studies Type of included studies Population Searching strategy until (years) Statistical analysis Number of patients Main outcome Conclusions Dulguerov et al. (1999) [7] 65 articles…
