Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Randomized Controlled Trial
[Effectiveness of gum elastic bougie for tracheal intubation with Airtraq optical laryngoscope].
Although Airtraq (ATQ) is well accepted as a useful device for tracheal intubation especially in cases of difficult airway management, we sometimes encounter difficulty in insertion of a tracheal tube along the blade of ATQ across the vocal cord in spite of ATQ assistance. Gum Elastic Bougie (GEB) is well known as a practical device for intubation assistance with Macintosh laryngoscope. We studied the efficacy of GEB for intubation with ATQ. ⋯ For the people with less experience of intubation, GEB is useful assistance for intubation with ATQ. It was concluded that the combined use of ATQ and GEB is a simple and effective process for ordinary doctors or paramedics.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
[Effect of amino acid and glucose infusion on perioperative body temperature and postoperative infection in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty].
We investigated whether the perioperative amino acid infusion with glucose is effective for preventing perioperative hypothermia and postoperative infection in patients undregoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). ⋯ These results suggest that in patients undergoing TKA receiveing amino acid infusion perioperatively, thermogenic effect and prevention of postoperative infection are similar whether exogenous glucose is infused or not.