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Airtraq: Providing An Indirect Route To The Cords

Author: Jeffrey L Tong, Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, United Kingdom

The Macintosh laryngoscope (ML) has been used world-wide to perform direct laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation in millions of patients, and is the device of choice for many clinicians. Whilst the aetiology of difficult direct laryngoscopy and intubation is multifactorial...
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Regional Blocks Superior To General Anaesthesia For Caesarean Section

General anaesthesia (GA) is associated with an increased risk of infant intubation and low Apgar scores, relative to regional anaesthesia. An analysis of 50,806 Caesarean deliveries, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, strongly supports...
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