Background: Difficult airway, characterized by difficult mask ventilation and intubation, is common in obese patients undergoing surgery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the ...

This is why checking level of consciousness in your Patient Assessment System (PAS ... vomiting carries a serious risk of aspirating the vomit and obstructing the airway. Many times people who are ...

Body camera footage documenting the fatal beating of Robert Brooks at the hands of New York state correctional officers has ...

As the nationwide crisis affecting emergency medical services (EMS) continues to cause increased response times and delays in receiving lifesaving care, the North East Police Department has found ...

“There has been a growing need for home sleep testing in children as access to in-lab polysomnography is getting increasingly difficult due ... continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may ...

It is difficult to draw conclusions about the situation ... it should have triggered officers to immediately assess his airway, breathing, and circulation, and to provide CPR or other lifesaving ...

The assessment of the laryngeal view was performed using two ... It has also been found that a difficult airway and head position do not affect the ease of insertion of a LMA ProSeal (PLMA) and ...

Patients were categorized into "easy laryngoscopy" and "difficult laryngoscopy" groups ... These radiological indicators can enhance airway management safety by improving preoperative assessment and ...

Subjects underwent instruction and assessment of inhaler technique ... We did not include other markers of small airway dysfunction as none have been validated and most are relatively difficult to use ...

OSA can be treated using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. However, deciding which patients to treat and how to measure effectiveness can be difficult ... studies highlight ...

A majority of Americans are generally apprehensive about 2025, 56 percent expecting the country to experience "economic difficulty," and 76 percent forecasting "political conflict," according to a ...