It's widely known that patients who are intubated for five to six hours during lengthy surgeries are at greater risk for follow-up complications to the larynx (voice box) such as sore throat, ...

Respiratory support of neonates during and following laser surgery for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is commonly accomplished using endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation. However, most ...

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The use of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) has increased in thyroid surgery because such monitoring has been shown to reduce recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury with its use 1. Accordingly, ...

Squadrone V, Coha M, Cerutti E, Schellino MM, Biolino P, Occella P, et al. Continuous positive airway pressure for treatment of postoperative hypoxemia. A randomized controlled trial. JAMA ...

(Question re-posted because I think I posted it to the wrong category the last time) The night after my mother had a hysterectomy (surgery was at noon), she woke up and vomited a large amount of blood ...

The night after my mother had a hysterectomy (surgery at noon), she woke up and vomited a large amount of blood (the hospital bed was drenched). While the doctors feared it might be a medical ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, is so infectious that protecting health care workers from it as they treat patients is an important issue in the fight against this pandemic. Reliable ...

The following text summarizes information provided in the video. To minimize the exposure of health care workers to SARS-CoV-2, the number of staff present during endotracheal intubation should be ...