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Consensus recommendations for paediatric airway topicalisation using lidocaine
Anaesthesia
January 2026 by Dr Roeland Passier
This systematic literature review, followed by a three-round Delphi process, was conducted by an international expert multidisciplinary, multi-society working group. It produced consensus...
Awake Supraglottic Airway Placement in Pediatric Patients for Airway Obstruction or Difficult Intubation
Insights From an International Airway Registry (PeDI)
Anesthesia Analgesia
A large, prospective, observational study using data from the international, multi-centre PEDI registry. Data was contributed from 18 institutions. All cases of awake supraglottic airway (SGA)...
Video versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Urgent Intubation of Newborn Infants
The New England Journal of Medicine
This study compares first pass intubation success using video vs. direct laryngoscopy in neonates. Single centre, randomised, prospective trial of 214 patients at a tertiary centre in Dublin...
High-flow nasal oxygen for children's airway surgery to reduce hypoxaemic events
A randomised controlled trial
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
November 2024 by Dr Richard Barnes
This prospective randomised trial was conducted in five tertiary Australian paediatric centres. The trial compared two techniques of oxygen delivery during tubeless ENT airway surgery in children...
The accuracy of the ultrasound measured transverse cricoid diameter and the epiphyseal transverse diameter of the distal radius in predicting the pediatric endotracheal tube size
Pediatric Anesthesia
January 2024 by Dr Sorcha Evans
This single centre prospective randomised study in Egypt looked at the use of USS measurements of the transverse cricoid distance (TCD) and the epiphyseal diameter of the distal radius to predict the...
Efficacy of a hybrid technique of simultaneous videolaryngoscopy with flexible bronchoscopy in children with difficult direct laryngoscopy in the Pediatric Difficult Intubation Registry
Anaesthesia
December 2023 by Dr David Rawson
This study examined the effectiveness and safety of a hybrid technique – videolaryngoscope (VL) with flexible bronchoscope (FB) – in paediatric patients with difficult tracheal intubation. Methods: -...
Difficult or impossible facemask ventilation in children with difficult tracheal intubation
A retrospective analysis of the PeDI registry
British Journal of Anaesthesia
September 2023 by Dr Rory Walsh
Summary: The Pediatric Difficult Intubation (PeDI) Registry is a large, multicentre international registry that collects data on paediatric patients where difficult intubation is identified. The...
Applied forces with direct versus indirect laryngoscopy in neonatal intubation
A randomized crossover mannequin study
Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
August 2023 by Dr Caroline Mann
This is a single centre randomized crossover trial comparing applied oropharyngeal forces of tracheal intubation of direct laryngoscopy versus video laryngoscopy in a neonatal manikin. Manikin...
Effect of Tulobuterol Patch Versus Placebo on the Occurrence of Respiratory Adverse Events in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomies
A Randomized Controlled Trial
Anesthesia Analgesia
Hypothesis: Inhaled B-2 agonists have proven benefits in reducing the incidence of paediatric perioperative respiratory adverse events (PRAE). Therefore, transdermal tulobuterol (peak effect 9-12...
The Influence of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure on Leakage and Oxygenation Using a Laryngeal Mask Airway
A Randomized Trial
Anesthesia Analgesia
September 2022 by Dr Liam O'Doherty
An RCT of adult patients undergoing surgery (urology, gynaecology, peripheral) with mandatory ventilation via a Proseal LMA mask randomised to PEEP 8.2 cmH2O (PEEP group) or PEEP 0 cmH2O (ZEEP...
What airway management information do anaesthetic charts prompt for? An audit of charts from 132 hospitals across Australia and New Zealand
Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
This article presents the results of an audit of blank anaesthetic charts from 132 hospitals accredited for training by ANZCA. The charts were evaluated for 17 data fields describing tracheal...
Effect of high-flow nasal oxygen on hypoxaemia during procedural sedation
A systematic review and meta-analysis
Anaesthesia
January 2023 by Dr Derek Rosen
Overview - Systematic review of the effect of high-flow nasal oxygen (NHFO2) vs conventional oxygen (nasal prongs, face mask, mouth guard) for procedural sedation in adults and children. - Methods:...
