Articles: intubation.
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Indian J Crit Care Med · Aug 2021
Awake Proning for Nonintubated Adult Hypoxic Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review of the Published Evidence.
Objective: Awake proning is an intervention that is being advocated for COVID-19 patients and has been suggested to improve the oxygenation, thereby decreasing oxygen requirements. We performed this systematic review with the aim of appraising the latest published evidence on the clinical effectiveness of awake proning in COVID-19 patients. Data sources: PubMed, EMBASE, The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Web of Science, Google Scholar, and one trial registry were searched until September 23, 2020, for studies on the use of awake proning for nonintubated COVID-19 patients. ⋯ How to cite this article: Parashar S, Karthik AR, Gupta R, Malviya D. Awake Proning for Nonintubated Adult Hypoxic Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review of the Published Evidence. Indian J Crit Care Med 2021;25(8):906-916.
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Ultrasound Med Biol · Aug 2021
Observational StudySubmental Ultrasound Is Effective in Predicting Difficult Mask Ventilation but Not in Difficult Laryngoscopy.
The goal of this study was to determine the utility of submental ultrasound parameters in distinguishing difficult airway management from easy airway management. Forty-one adult patients who underwent elective surgery under general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation from March to December 2018 were included. We used submental ultrasound to measure tongue base thickness (TBT) in the midsagittal plane and the distance between lingual arteries (DLA) in the transverse dimension. ⋯ Nevertheless, patients with difficult mask ventilation had significantly higher TBT (p = 0.009) and longer DLA (p = 0.010). After adjustment of confounding factors, increased TBT (>69.6 mm) was the sole independent predictor of difficult mask ventilation. The results indicated that SMUS is effective in predicting difficult mask ventilation but not difficult laryngoscopy.
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We aimed to investigate the effects of transport with prone position on hypoxemia in hypoxemic and awake probable COVID 19 pneumonia patients. ⋯ Awake hypoxemic patients can be transported without complications in prone position during transport. Transports more than 15 min, prone position may be recommended because the partial oxygen pressure of the patients increases.