A large U.S. randomized trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that etomidate, compared with ketamine, ...

Modified endotracheal tubes designed to reduce patient pneumonia risk failed to improve outcomes compared to standard breathing tubes, researchers report in a new study.

Doctors treating seriously ill patients in an emergency setting may want to give the sedative etomidate, rather than ketamine, while placing a breathing tube, according to a randomized trial published ...

For children born with a narrowing of their larynx/ trachea, a stent is placed to restore the airways to enable normal breathing and vocalisation and remove any need for a lifelong tracheostomy (a ...

WWII flight nurse Mary Hawkins manually sucked the blood out of the neck of an asphyxiating Marine. (Air Force) Before the Second World War, there was little need nor interest in evacuating wounded ...

Latest ATS clinical practice guideline on tracheostomies aims to improve outcomes for young patients. A tracheostomy is a tube that is surgically placed through an incision in the front of the neck ...

Introduction: Tracheostomy is one of the standard procedures in intensive care medicine. In the context of tracheostomy tube-, dysphagia- and decannulation management the selection of the appropriate ...

If the tube moves out of place, it could prevent a patient from breathing or block the airway. A Medtronic spokesperson said patient harm was reported in some cases. Medtronic’s tracheostomy tubes are ...