Traumatic Lingual Hematoma Resulting in Bilateral Temporal Mandibular Joint Dislocations

Background

Lingual hematoma (LH) is a relatively uncommon entity seen after both medical and traumatic etiologies. Regardless of the cause, the feared complication is acute airway obstruction.

Effect of varied training techniques on field endotracheal intubation success rates

A pool of 146 mobile intensive care unit paramedics was divided into four equal groups and trained in the technique of direct laryngoscopic endotracheal intubation of cardiac arrest or deeply comatose patients. Group 1 was selected from supervisors and crew chiefs and trained as preceptors. The remaining paramedics were assigned to three other study groups. Groups 1 and 2 were trained with a didactic presentation followed by manikin practice, an animal laboratory exercise, and operating room experience. Group 3 had no OR experience; Group 4 had only didactic/manikin training. Intubations were observed by preceptors on scene. During the study period of 27 months, 689 of 763 patients (90.3%) were successfully intubated by 122 paramedics. While results suggest variation in skill levels according to training group (Group 1, 92.4%; Group 2, 87.6%, Group 3, 83.3%; Group 4, 76.9%), statistical analysis allowing for the variables of seniority and number of intubations performed by personnel failed to reveal differences in groups attributable to training programs. Complication rates were relatively low for all groups, the most common being prolonged intubation attempts. A significant improvement in the skill was seen as the study progressed when groups are pooled and compared. The findings suggest that endotracheal intubation of deeply comatose or cardiac arrest patients is a field procedure that can be performed safely and skillfully by well-monitored paramedical personnel. Operating room or animal laboratory experience may increase initial success levels, but these factors do not appear to greatly influence eventual performance or incidence of complications of the procedure.     

原发性三叉神经痛微血管减压术中困难减压的处理

目的 探讨原发性三叉神经痛（PTN）微血管减压术（MVD）出现困难减压的处理方法以及疗效。方法 回顾性分析2013年1月至2019年12月采用MVD治疗的408例PTN的临床资料。术中出现困难减压56例,常规减压352例。对于困难减压病人,综合采取包括安置腰大池引流、神经内镜辅助、扩大松解桥小脑角区蛛网膜粘连、经小脑水平裂-小脑桥脑裂入路解剖显露,以及“架桥”等方法妥善处理。结果 术后随访0.5~5年。常规减压组术后即刻缓解37例,延迟缓解14例,无效5例;困难减压组术后即刻缓解267例,延迟缓解62例,无效23例。常规减压组术后即刻缓解率（75.85%,267/352）与困难减压组（66.07%,37/56）无统计学差异（P>0.05）,常规减压组术后有效率（93.54%,329/352）与困难减压组（91.07%,51/56）无统计学差异（P>0.05）。常规减压组术后总并发症发生率（7.7%,27/352）与困难减压组（10.7%,16/56）无统计学差异（P>0.05）。两组均无手术死亡病例及严重后遗症。结论 PTN病人MVD中出现的困难减压并不是影响MVD疗效的决定性因素,只要术中处理得当,困难减压病人术后也可以取得很好的疗效。术前应熟悉和掌握常见的困难减压的应对方法,并且秉持适可而止的理念,减少手术并发症,可进一步提高手术疗效。     

Pharmacological strategies to prevent haemodynamic changes after intubation in parturient women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: A network meta-analysis

Objective: This network meta-analysis (NMA) aimed to determine the relative efficacy and safety of pharmacological strategies used to mitigate haemodynamic instability by intubation for general anaesthesia in hypertensive parturient women undergoing caesarean section.Methods: We considered randomised controlled studies comparing the effects of pharmacological strategies used to alleviate haemodynamic instability during intubation in parturient women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. The primary endpoints were maximum blood pressure and heart rate after intubation, and secondary endpoints were the Apgar scores at 1 and 5 min. NMA allowed us to combine direct and indirect comparisons between strategies.Results: Twelve studies evaluating nine pharmacological strategies in 619 patients were included. According to the surface under the cumulative ranking curve, the maximal mean arterial pressure was lowest for high-dose remifentanil (99.4%) followed by nitroglycerin (73.6%) and labetalol (60.9%). The maximal heart rate was lowest for labetalol (99.9%) followed by high dose of remifentanil (81.2%) and fentanyl (61.6%). Apgar score at 1 min was higher with low-dose than with high-dose remifentanil (mean difference, 0.726; 95% confidence interval, 0.056 to 1.396; I²=0.0%).Conclusions: High-dose remifentanil produces minimum blood pressure changes, while labetalol is most effective in maintaining normal heart rate in parturient women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy during caesarean section under general anaesthesia.     

Failed tracheal intubation during obstetric general anaesthesia: a literature review

We reviewed the literature on obstetric failed tracheal intubation from 1970 onwards. The incidence remained unchanged over the period at 2.6 (95% CI 2.0 to 3.2) per 1000 anaesthetics (1 in 390) for obstetric general anaesthesia and 2.3 (95% CI 1.7 to 2.9) per 1000 general anaesthetics (1 in 443) for caesarean section. Maternal mortality from failed intubation was 2.3 (95% CI 0.3 to 8.2) per 100 000 general anaesthetics for caesarean section (one death per 90 failed intubations). Maternal deaths occurred from aspiration or hypoxaemia secondary to airway obstruction or oesophageal intubation. There were 3.4 (95% CI 0.7 to 9.9) front-of-neck airway access procedures (surgical airway) per 100 000 general anaesthetics for caesarean section (one procedure per 60 failed intubations), usually carried out as a late rescue attempt with poor maternal outcomes. Before the late 1990s, most cases were awakened after failed intubation; since the late 1990s, general anaesthesia has been continued in the majority of cases. When general anaesthesia was continued, a laryngeal mask was usually used but with a trend towards use of a second-generation supraglottic airway device. A prospective study of obstetric general anaesthesia found that transient maternal hypoxaemia occurred in over two-thirds of cases of failed intubation, usually without sequelae. Pulmonary aspiration occurred in 8% but the rate of maternal intensive care unit admission after failed intubation was the same as that after uneventful general anaesthesia. Poor neonatal outcomes were often associated with preoperative fetal compromise, although failed intubation and lowest maternal oxygen saturation were independent predictors of neonatal intensive care unit admission.     

Video laryngoscopy improves the first-attempt success in endotracheal intubation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation among novice physicians

AimTo compare the first-attempt success in endotracheal intubation (ETI) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) using direct laryngoscopy (DL) and video laryngoscopy (VL) (GlideScope^®) among novice emergency physicians (EPs).MethodsThis study is a historically controlled clinical design. From May 2011 to April 2013 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients were intubated during CPR by novice EPs. CPR data was automatically recorded by pre-installed video and subsequently analysed. The primary outcome was the success rate of the first-attempt at ETI. In addition, time to successful ETI from first-attempt (T-complete), duration of chest compression interruptions, and incidence of oesophageal intubation were compared.ResultsOf 305 patients undergoing ETI, 83 were intubated by novice EPs. The success rate of first-attempt ETI in the VL group (n = 49) was higher than that in the DL group (n = 34, 91.8% vs. 55.9%; p < 0.001). The median T-complete was significantly shorter with VL than with DL (37 [29–55] vs. 62 [56–110] s; p < 0.001). Oesophageal intubation was observed only in the DL group (n = 6, 17.6%). The median duration of chest compression interruptions was greater with DL (7 [3–6] s) than with VL (0 [0–0] s). Improvements in ETI during CPR were observed in the VL group after the first 3 months, but not the DL group during regular use for 1 year.ConclusionsFor novice EPs, the VL could significantly improve the first-attempt success in ETI during CPR while the DL couldn’t improve it.     

舒芬太尼用于高龄患者全麻诱导气管插管的临床研究

目的：观察舒芬太尼用于高龄患者全麻诱导气管插管的临床效果。方法选择ASAⅡ～Ⅲ级,需在气管插管全身麻醉下行四肢手术的高龄（年龄≥80岁）患者45例,随机分三组：舒芬太尼0.15μg/kg 组（ S1组）、舒芬太尼0.25μg/kg组（S2组）及芬太尼2μg/kg组（F组）,每组15例。所有患者均分别记录基础值（T0）、插管前1 min（T1）、插管后1 min（T2）和插管后5 min（T3）的收缩压（SP）、舒张压（DP）和心率（HR）,并计算各时间点 SP 与 HR 的乘积（ RPP）;记录不良反应的发生及药物使用情况。结果三组T1时间点BP和T3时间点SP、S2组T2时间点SP和F组T3时间点DP均显著低于同组T0时间点（P均<0.01）,F组T2时间点DP显著高于同组T0时间点（P<0.05）和S2组同时间点（ P<0.05）,S1组和S2组T1时间点SP、S2组T2时间点BP均显著低于F组同时间点（ P<0.01或0.05）。S1组和F组T2时间点HR均显著大于同组T0时间点（ P均<0.01）和S2组同时间点（ P<0.05）。三组T1、T3时间点RPP均显著小于同组T0时间点（ P<0.01或0.05）。F组T2时间点RPP显著大于同组T0时间点（ P<0.05）和S2组同时间点（P<0.05）。S2组声带活动发生率、丙泊酚和瑞芬太尼使用率小于S1组,罗库溴铵、新福林使用率均显著小于S1组和F组（P<0.05）。结论舒芬太尼0.25μg/kg用于高龄患者全麻诱导,不仅能抑制插管反应,减少不良反应,而且能保持插管前后心血管功能稳定和心肌氧供需平稳,安全可行。