Airway management

Tumours in the head, neck, or chest can narrow or distort the airway, and standard difficult-airway guidelines offer little cancer-specific advice. This study asks an international panel of anaesthesiologists, intensive care doctors, lung specialists, head and neck surgeons, and …

This trial tests four different videolaryngoscopes, including the VisionPro, to see which one performs best when inserting a breathing tube in patients whose neck is immobilized with a cervical collar. The study includes 200 adults undergoing laparoscopic surgery, all with a coll…

This study compares two types of video laryngoscopes (Astra-Vue and C-MAC D-Blade) to see which one helps doctors place a breathing tube faster and more easily in adults having surgery under general anesthesia. About 60 adults aged 18 to 70 will take part. The main goal is to mea…

This study collects information from 4,300 emergency patients in Andalusia who needed help breathing (like a breathing tube or mask). The goal is to track how often the first attempt to place a breathing tube succeeds and to build a computer program that predicts difficult cases.…

This study looks at data from 1,785 patients who had a breathing tube placed during anesthesia. The goal is to create a standard set of information (a core dataset) that doctors can use to document and share alerts about difficult airways. By making these alerts digital and consi…

This study analyzes data from 423 patients to create a simple scoring system that helps anesthesiologists predict when facemask ventilation might be difficult. Researchers will test which factors best predict problems, aiming to improve safety during anesthesia. The study does no…

This study is developing a prediction tool using 3D-CT scans to identify which infants with Pierre Robin sequence (a condition with a small jaw and tongue that can block the airway) are likely to have a difficult time during breathing tube placement for surgery. Researchers will …