Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography
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Bushra et al. (2004). A Comparison of Trauma Intubations Managed by Anesthesiologists and Emergency Physicians, Acad Emerg Med, 11(1): 66-69.
The article compares the frequency of use between Anesthesiologists and Emergency Physicians for patients who have undergone trauma s adults. The anesthetic departments were most likely to approve the procedure as emergency physicians were more skeptical of the procedure. The study conducted at Temple University and Hospital resulted to observation of the patients under the two departments. The study only observed patients who underwent intubations without other forms of intervention including retrograde intubation, fiber optic, lighted stylet, laryngoscopy, or laryngeal mask airway. Under adequate supervision the success rates between the Emergency and Anesthesia department is no different. Hence, emergency physicians ought to be encouraged to carry out the procedure where necessary.
Slots, P & Reinstrup, P. (2001). One way to ventilate patients during fibreoptic intubation Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 45: 507–509.
This case report looks into ways in which to minimize patient’s ventilation problem during endotracheal intubation. The traditional approach normally involves breathing patients which is appropriate for even inexperienced practitioners. Nonetheless, the procedure could be difficult if there is no spontaneous breathing when the procedure is being carried out and the difficulty of the procedure may be undetected before the application of anesthesia. Thus, the case report proposed another way to carry out the procedure in a case study of five patients. The study concluded that the easiest way to where the device was able to pass through the trachea without causing any bleeding among the patients. The device allows ventilation in patients after using removing the suction catheter and joining ventilation bag to the tube connection.
Hammarskjold F, Lindskog G, Blomqvist P: An alternative method to intubate with laryngeal mask and see-through-bougie. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 43 (6):634-636.
The article recognizes that tracheal intubation could be a difficult task, the use of laryngeal masks has been a common practice to overcome this challenge. Nonetheless, when the airways are secured by these masks it is advisable to use other mechanisms including the see through bougie. They conducted a test on the effectiveness of the device on thirty patients by use of anesthesia, laryngeal and the see through bougie. The procedure involved slipping the bougie to the bronchoscope and then withdrawing both the bronchoscope and laryngeal mask, pushing the endotracheal tube forward and then adjustment took place. In essence, vocal cords could be seen and monitored in 29 of the patients. Thus, they concluded that the technique is a viable option as it allows ventilation throughout the procedure and can be used by even relatively inexperienced anesthetists.
Sise, M. J et al. (2009). Early Intubation in the Management of Trauma Patients: Indications and Outcomes in 1,000 Consecutive Patients. The Journal of Trauma_ Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 66:32–40.
This study sought to find out the effectiveness of intubation for injured people in the emergency rooms. For injured patients it is vital to first to first ensure that the airway is protected and there is proper ventilation. Furthermore, the study highlighted on the possibility that the procedure of early intubation would be performed to reduce trauma among patients by indentifying discretionary indications (DI) or other indications (EI). This study is valuable because it looked into one thousand cases of patients, they found that only 5 patients suffered oral trauma while eleven suffered aspiration. Overall, early intubation was valuable and there was no need for surgical airways.
Matsumoto, T & Carvalho, W. B. (2007). Tracheal intubation. Jornal de Pediatria,
83(2): 83-90.
This article highlights on tracheal intubation in children, the authors point out that the knowledge of the anatomy is a vital. Children undergo development and various changes in their anatomy and it is also different from that of adults. Other than as an emergency measure the procedure may also be carried out as an elective mode. In a...