Medical Dialogues

Study Suggests New Nomogram Accurately Predicts Nosebleed Risk After Nasotracheal Intubation

Why Nasotracheal Intubation Matters—and Its RisksFor oral and maxillofacial surgeries, nasotracheal intubation (NTI) is the ...
BMJ Case Reports

Awake video laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation in a super morbidly obese critically ill patient with a physiologically difficult airway

Standard airway management in deteriorating super morbidly obese patients can lead to cardiovascular collapse because of their poor physiological reserves. In this report, we describe a case of awake ...
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Increasingly Utilized Strategy After Cardiac Surgery Fails in Large Trial

High-flow nasal oxygen therapy didn't improve survival while maintaining functional indepe ...
The BMJ

When I use a word . . . Antedatings in the Oxford English Dictionary

An antedating, lexicographically speaking, is an earlier instance of the use of a word in a text than had previously been ...
Medscape

Predicting Early Death in Patients With Immunocompromised Status and Acute Respiratory Failure

In immunocompromised patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, frailty and longer hospital-to-ICU time may raise 30-day mortality, whereas high-flow nasal oxygen is protective.