The IRIS Cricoid Trial

In patients undergoing rapid sequence anaesthesia induction, does the use of cricoid pressure vs. a sham procedure, prevent pulmonary aspiration?
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In patients undergoing rapid sequence anaesthesia induction, does the use of cricoid pressure vs. a sham procedure, prevent pulmonary aspiration?
Continue reading »In adults suffering out-of-hospital non-traumatic cardiac arrest, does a strategy of airway management initially with laryngeal tube (LT) compared to endotracheal intubation (ETI) reduce mortality at 72 hours?
Continue reading »In adult patients with non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, does a supraglottic airway device compared with tracheal intubation as the initial advanced airway management strategy, improve functional neurological outcome?
Continue reading »In critically ill patients undergoing emergency intubation, does the ramped position compared to sniffing position reduce the incidence of oxygen desaturation?
Continue reading »In critically ill patients undergoing intubation, does the use of a pre-intubation checklist compared to no checklist prevent oxygen desaturation or systolic hypotension?
Continue reading »In critically ill patients who are at high risk for re-intubation, is high flow nasal oxygen non-inferior to non-invasive ventilation in reducing re-intubation and post-extubation respiratory failure?
Continue reading »In intensive care patients requiring orotracheal intubation, does video laryngoscopy (VL) compared to the Macintosh direct laryngoscope (DL) increase the frequency of first pass intubation?
Continue reading »In patients with cervical immobilisation, does the Mcgrath® videolaryngoscope compared to the Macintosh laryngoscope provide a better view of the larynx?
Continue reading »In patients having elective surgery and with a simulated difficult airway (using a cervical collar), does the choice of videolaryngoscope affect the first attempt intubation success rate?
Continue reading »In Intensive Care patients undergoing intubation does apneic oxygenation during laryngoscopy increase the lowest arterial oxygen saturation experienced by patients
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