Bacterial tracheitis in children.

We examined the records of 14 patients aged 7 months to 10 1/4 years who were treated for bacterial tracheitis from May 1982 to December 1987; the management protocol for 13 of the patients included the use of nasotracheal intubation. The infection was caused by Staphylococcus aureus in seven, Haemophilus influenzae in three, Branhamella catarrhalis in one and Streptococcus pneumoniae in one. Both H. influenzae and B. catarrhalis were isolated in another patient, and no organism was found in the remaining patient. In addition to the bacteria, viruses were cultured from the tracheal secretions of two patients. The mean duration of intubation was 7.6 days and of hospital stay 9.2 days. Twelve of the cases occurred during the cold months of the year (October to March). Of the three deaths only one occurred in the pediatric intensive care unit and was due to severe bronchospasm and an air leak that caused bilateral pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum. In one patient subglottic stenosis developed that necessitated tracheostomy. Healing began 5 to 9 days after the onset of symptoms, as demonstrated with the use of repeated fibreoptic bronchoscopy. We found that the airway could be safely managed with the use of a nasotracheal tube. Bronchoscopy helped to confirm the diagnosis, to remove adherent secretions and to monitor the course of the disease. The ventilation tube can be removed after the patient''s temperature returns to normal, if there is an air leak around the tube, if the quantity and viscosity of the secretions decrease and if healing is observed at bronchoscopy.     

常规腹部立位平片漏诊膈下游离气体原因分析及技术改进

目的:探讨ICU困难气管插管患者行纤维支气管镜引导下经鼻气管插管方法及护理配合。方法:对我院ICU51例采用丙泊酚镇静配合经鼻气管插管患者的临床资料进行分析,分别记录患者的心率(HR)、血压,脉搏,血氧饱和度(SpO2),观察患者配合情况和鼻腔出血情况。结果:所有患者均一次置管成功,成功率为100%,平均插管时间35s-75s,无心跳骤停和喉头水肿等严重并发症发生,患者配合佳,生命体征变化不犬,4例患者出现轻度鼻腔出血,予稀释后肾上腺素滴鼻后缓解。结论:气管插管的成功与专业医师的操作技巧密切相关外,充分的术前准备,熟练的术中配合,严密的术程观察是提高气管插管成功的重要保证。     

The usefulness of the McGrath MAC laryngoscope in comparison with Airwayscope and Macintosh laryngoscope during routine nasotracheal intubation: a randomaized controlled trial

Background

McGrath MAC video laryngoscope offers excellent laryngosopic views and increases the success rate of orotracheal intubation in some cases. The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of McGrath MAC for routine nasotracheal intubation by comparing McGrath MAC with Airway scope and Macintosh laryngoscope.

Methods

A total of 60 adult patients with ASA physical status class 1 or 2, aged 20–70 years were enrolled in this study. Patients were scheduled for elective oral surgery under general anesthesia with nasotracheal intubation. Exclusion criteria included lack of consent and expected difficult airway. Patients were randomly allocated to three groups: McGrath MAC (n?=?20), Airway scope (n?=?20), and Macintosh laryngoscope (n?=?20). After induction, nasotracheal intubation was performed by six expert anesthesiologists with more than 6 years of experience.

Results

There were no significant differences in preoperative airway assessment among the three groups. Successful tracheal intubation time was 26.8?±?5.7 (mean?±?standard deviation) s for McGrath MAC, 36.4?±?11.0 s for Airway scope, and 36.5?±?8.9 s for Macintosh laryngoscope groups. The time for successful tracheal intubation for McGrath MAC group was significantly shorter than that for Airway scope and Macintosh laryngoscope (p?<?0.01). McGrath MAC significantly improved the Cormack Lehane grade for nasotracheal intubation compared with Macintosh laryngoscope (p?<?0.05).

Conclusion

McGrath MAC significantly facilitates routine nasotracheal intubation compared with Airwayscope and Macintosh laryngoscope by shortening the tracheal intubation time and improving the Cormack Lehane grade.

Trial registration

UMINCTR Registration number UMIN000023506. Registered 5 Aug 2016.

     

经鼻盲探气管插管在抢救呼吸衰竭病人中的应用

目的比较经鼻盲探气管插管和气管切开在抢救呼吸衰竭病人的治疗效果。方法回顾性对比分析同期ICU住院病人采用经鼻盲探气管插管或气管切开建立人工气道后的病情转归,使用呼吸机后血气纠正时间,使用呼吸机时间,留置气管导管时间,平均住院时间及操作并发症。结果经鼻盲探气管插管组拔管率42.9%(9/21例),拔管成功率100%(9/9例);气管切开组拔管率60.7%(17/28例),拔管成功率76.5%(13/17例),两组间比较无显著性差异(P<0.05)。使用呼吸机后血气纠正时间无明显差别,但经鼻盲探气管插管组使用呼吸机时间,留置气管导管时间,平均住院时间均短于气管切开组(P<0.05)。气管切开组操作导致的并发症发生率46.4%(13/28例),而经鼻盲探气管插管组操作导致的并发症发生率23.8%(5/21例),明显少于前者(P<0.01)。结论经鼻盲探气管插管操作简便、实用,能减少并发症,缩短使用呼吸机时间,留置气管导管时间及住院时间,在抢救呼吸衰竭病人中较气管切开术有更好的临床应用价值。     

Detecting breast cancer

A 7-year-old boy, diagnosed as having croup, develops an upper airway obstruction due to epiglottitis during the therapy, resulting in cerebral anoxia. Pediatricians to whom the boy is referred feel that failure to consider epiglottitis in the original diagnosis constitutes negligence. The parents suspect nothing. What should the pediatricians say or do?     

发光管芯引导插管在感染手术气道处理中的应用

目的:观察和评估发光管芯在感染手术患者麻醉常规气管内插管和预测困难气管内插管的适用性与安全性,并比较改变光棒前端弯曲角度的临床实用效果。方法:选择136例ASA I~Ⅲ级全麻下行择期手术的肝炎后肝硬化患者,其中正常气道120例,可顺利气管插管,120例患者按照插管时弯曲光棒角度不同随机分为A组(60°)和B组(90°);困难气道插管患者分为C组(90°)。分别记录各组插管时间、插管次数、插管的成功率、插管期间血流动力学变化以及术后并发症情况,同时测量医生与患者呼吸道之间的距离。结果:A、B和C组的一次插管成功率分别为100%、96.6%和81.2%,时间分别为(12.3±3.8)s、(13.2±4.1)s和(18.2±5.5)s,三组各自的插管总成功率均为100%。而且改变光棒前端角度的A组插管时间均较B、C组短,发现光棒插管对循环功能的影响小,术后并发症少,医生与患者呼吸道之间的距离为(34±4)cm。结论:在感染手术患者气管插管过程中使用发光管芯引导插管成功率高、对患者的循环影响低且术后并发症少,更为重要的是降低了医务人员与传染性患者近距离接触的机率。     

可视软性喉镜与光棒在颈椎损伤手术患者全身麻醉气管插管中的应用效果比较

目的:比较可视软性喉镜与光棒用于颈椎损伤手术患者全身麻醉气管插管的有效性与安全性。方法:选择2017年1月至2019年2月本院60例高位颈椎骨折需行气管插管全身麻醉的患者,随机分为可视软性喉镜组(U组)和光棒组(G组)各30例。术前所有患者颈托固定,U组使用UE可视软性喉镜行气管插管,G组使用光棒行气管插管,确认气管插管成功后接呼吸机机械通气。比较两组气管插管时间、一次性插管成功率、拔管后口咽部并发症、插管前后的皮层体感诱发电位(CSEP)及运动诱发电位(MMEP)的变化。记录两组患者麻醉前、麻醉诱导后、气管插管后即刻、气管插管后1 min、气管插管后3 min的平均动脉压(MAP)和心率(HR)。结果:U组气管插管时间较G组插管时间长(P0.05);U组和G组气管插管一次性成功率分别为95%和100%;插管后即刻G组患者MAP升高较U明显(P0.05);与U组比较,G组插管后即刻及插管后1 min、3 min的HR升高较明显(P0.05);U组患者口咽部并发症较G组少;两组患者插管后SSEP及MMEP与插管前相比无阳性改变。结论:可视软性喉镜较光棒需要更长的气管插管时间,两者的气管插管一次性成功率均较高,但可视软性喉镜插管期间循环波动较小、术后口咽部并发症较轻,值得临床推广应用。     

可视喉镜气管插管对心跳骤停抢救患者血流动力学及心肺复苏质量的影响

摘要 目的：探讨可视喉镜气管插管对心跳骤停抢救患者血流动力学及心肺复苏质量的影响。方法：选取联勤保障部队第九四〇医院于2020年4月~2022年5月期间收治的98例心跳骤停抢救患者为研究对象,根据插管方式将患者分为B组（可视喉镜气管插管,n=50）、A组（传统直接喉镜气管插管,n=48）。对比两组插管次数、声门暴露时间、插管时间、气道与牙齿损伤、心肺复苏质量及血流动力学指标变化情况,观察两组不良反应发生情况。结果：B组的插管次数少于A组,声门暴露时间、插管时间短于A组,气道与牙齿损伤比例少于A组（P<0.05）。B组的插管成功率、心肺复苏（CPR）成功率、存活率均高于A组（P<0.05）。B组插管后15 min的收缩压（SBP）、舒张压（DBP）、平均动脉压（MAP）及心率（HR）均低于A组同期（P<0.05）。B组的不良反应发生率低于A组（P<0.05）。结论：相比于传统直接喉镜气管插管用于心跳骤停抢救患者,可视喉镜气管插管可维持血流动力学稳定,提高插管成功率和心肺复苏质量,安全性较好。     

三维CT在气管狭窄诊断中的应用

目的：我们检测三维CT在气管狭窄的诊断中的作用和纤维支气管镜相比较,用以帮助临床胸外科医生判断气管结构的解剖学特征。方法：对怀疑气管狭窄的患者64例及20例正常病例检查螺旋CT,其中52例发现腔内新生物造成狭窄,另外12例为外伤后狭窄,应用多平面重建（Mr＇R）、容积重建技术（VRT）、仿真内镜（VE）等技术进行影像的后处理,结果与纤维支气管镜结果相比较。两名放射科医生双盲对照检测并描述了三维CT检查对气管狭窄位置及狭窄程度诊断的精确性。结果：影像形式的检测显示与软性纤维支气管镜结果相同的狭窄,并能够获得关于狭窄的精确的和非侵袭性的形态学上的特征描述,还能够获得疾病腔外范围的额外信息。支气管镜检测结果和多平面重建（MPR）、容积重建技术（VRT）、仿真内镜（VE）的检测结果之间无显著统计学差异（P值分别为0．715,0．413和0．417）。结论：三维CT对于气管来说和传统支气管镜相比能够提供一个高保真度、非侵袭、可再生的评价。他们在高等级气管狭窄的远端开放气道的评价方面具有重要作用,对于无法耐受传统支气管镜的患者是一个可靠的选择。     

经支气管镜气管插管与常规气管插管救治呼吸衰竭对比分析

目的：回顾性分析呼吸机辅助呼吸救治危重呼吸衰竭患者气管插管方式对于救治成功率的影响。方法：我科收治的各种呼吸衰竭患者94例,回顾分析插管方式对于救治成功率、引发心跳骤停及其对心肺复苏效果的影响。结果：经纤维支气管镜经口气管插管（35例）与经直接喉镜经口（59例）引发心跳骤停有明显统计学差异（X^2=11．5,v=1,t〈0．001）。经直接喉镜经口气管插管在术前用药与否对引发心跳骤停并无统计学意义,但是对于引发心跳骤停后心肺复苏成功率确有明显统计学意义。结论：经纤维支气管镜气管插管具有较高的安全性,在经直接喉镜气管插管是选择镇静药或浅麻醉药物应慎重,尽力避免心跳骤停和心肺复苏失败。     

Laryngoscope and a New Tracheal Tube Assist Lightwand Intubation in Difficult Airways due to Unstable Cervical Spine

Purpose

The WEI Jet Endotracheal Tube (WEI JET) is a new tracheal tube that facilitates both oxygenation and ventilation during the process of intubation and assists tracheal intubation in patients with difficult airway. We evaluated the effectiveness and usefulness of the WEI JET in combination with lightwand under direct laryngoscopy in difficult tracheal intubation due to unstable cervical spine.

Methods

Ninety patients with unstable cervical spine disorders (ASA I-III) with general anaesthesia were included and randomly assigned to three groups, based on the device used for intubation: lightwand only, lightwand under direct laryngoscopy, lightwand with WEI JET under direct laryngoscopy.

Results

No statistically significant differences were detected among three groups with respect to demographic characteristics and C/L grade. There were statistically significant differences between three groups for overall intubation success rate (p = 0.015) and first attempt success rate (p = 0.000). The intubation time was significantly longer in the WEI group (110.8±18.3 s) than in the LW group (63.3±27.5 s, p = 0.000) and DL group (66.7±29.4 s, p = 0.000), but the lowest SpO2 in WEI group was significantly higher than other two groups (p<0.01). The WEI JET significantly reduced successful tracheal intubation attempts compared to the LW group (p = 0.043). The severity of sore throat was similar in three groups (p = 0.185).

Conclusions

The combined use of WEI JET under direct laryngoscopy helps to assist tracheal intubation and improves oxygenation during intubation in patients with difficult airway secondary to unstable spine disorders.

Trial Registration

Chinese Clinical Trial Registry ChiCTR-TRC-14005141     

气囊漏气实验预测严重上气道狭窄的临床意义

目的:观察气囊漏气实验预测拔管后发生严重上气道梗阻的临床价值.方法:共有156例气管插管患者入组,根据气囊漏气实验的情况分为两组,阴性组和阳性组,拔除气管插管后观察两组喘鸣发生与二次气管插管情况.结果:156例患者中气囊漏气实验阴性组125例,阳性组31例,拔除气管插管后,有13例患者需再次插管,其中1例患者无法插管,予经皮气管切开.结论:气囊漏气实验是一项简单方便筛查拔管后可能上气道梗阻的方法,如为阴性其因严重上气道梗阻再插管可能性很小,如为阳性则要注意可能发生拔管后上气道梗阻.     

Beware of thermal epiglottis! A case report describing ‘teapot syndrome’

Background

The type of scalding injury known as ‘teapot syndrome’, where hot liquid is grabbed by the child with the aim of ingestion and falls over a child causing burns on the face, upper thorax and arms, is known to cause peri-oral and facial oedema. Thermal epiglottitis following scalds to face, neck and thorax is rare and can occur even in absence of ingestion of a damaging agent or intraoral burns, Awareness of the possibility of thermal epiglottitis, also in scald burns, is imperative to ensure prompt airway protection.

Case presentation

We report the case of a child with thermal epiglottitis after a scalding burn from boiling milk resulting in mixed deep burns of the face, neck and chest, but no history of ingestion. Upon presentation there was a progressive stridor and signs of respiratory distress requiring intubation. Laryngoscopy revealed epiglottis oedema, confirming the diagnosis of thermal epiglottitis. Final extubation took place 5 days after initial burn.

Conclusions

Thermal epiglottitis following scalds to face, neck and thorax is rare and can occur even in absence of ingestion and intra-oral damage. Burns to the peri-oral area should raise suspicion of additional damage to oral cavity and supraglottic structures, even in absence of intra-oral injury or initial respiratory distress. Awareness of the occurrence of thermal epiglottitis in absence of intra-oral injury is important to diagnose impending upper airway obstruction requiring intubation.

     

三维CT在气管狭窄诊断中的应用

目的:我们检测三维CT在气管狭窄的诊断中的作用和纤维支气管镜相比较,用以帮助临床胸外科医生判断气管结构的解剖学特征。方法:对怀疑气管狭窄的患者64例及20例正常病例检查螺旋CT,其中52例发现腔内新生物造成狭窄,另外12例为外伤后狭窄,应用多平面重建(MPR)、容积重建技术(VRT)、仿真内镜(VE)等技术进行影像的后处理,结果与纤维支气管镜结果相比较。两名放射科医生双盲对照检测并描述了三维CT检查对气管狭窄位置及狭窄程度诊断的精确性。结果:影像形式的检测显示与软性纤维支气管镜结果相同的狭窄,并能够获得关于狭窄的精确的和非侵袭性的形态学上的特征描述,还能够获得疾病腔外范围的额外信息。支气管镜检测结果和多平面重建(MPR)、容积重建技术(VRT)、仿真内镜(VE)的检测结果之间无显著统计学差异(P值分别为0.715,0.413和0.417)。结论:三维CT对于气管来说和传统支气管镜相比能够提供一个高保真度、非侵袭、可再生的评价。他们在高等级气管狭窄的远端开放气道的评价方面具有重要作用,对于无法耐受传统支气管镜的患者是一个可靠的选择。     

Congenital high airway obstruction syndrome

Congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS) is a very rare fetal malformation caused by obstruction of fetal airway because of laryngeal or tracheal atresia, subglottic stenosis, laryngeal cyst or laryngeal web. The prenatal diagnosis is inferred from secondary changes such as enlarged, hyperechogenic lungs, ascites and/or hydrops, flattened or everted diaphragms, dilated distal airways and mediastinal compression. There are only few cases of long-term survival described in literature. We present the case of fetus with such secondary changes diagnosed during routine ultrasound evaluation in 20 weeks' gestation. There were no other abnormalities and the kariotype was normal. In 26 weeks' gestation fetal hydrops appeared and subsequent polyhydramnios occurred in 28 weeks' gestation. The patient was planned for EXIT procedure during labor in experienced in CHAOS cases center. In 29 weeks' gestation the premature rupture of membranes and regular uterine contractions occurred and we've performed cesarean section. A multidisciplinary team of neonatologists, laryngologists and pediatric surgeons made their efforts to save the newborn, but there was complete laryngeal atresia and tracheal agenesia and immediate tracheostomy was impossible. The most important about CHAOS are early diagnosis, detailed fetal assessment and an adequate postnatal intervention for establishing fetal airways.     

Factors Associated with the Occurrence of Cardiac Arrest after Emergency Tracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department

Objectives

Emergency tracheal intubation has achieved high success and low complication rates in the emergency department (ED). The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence of post-intubation CA and determine the clinical factors associated with this complication.

Methods

A matched case-control study with a case to control ratio of 1∶3 was conducted at an urban tertiary care center between January 2007 and December 2011. Critically ill adult patients requiring emergency airway management in the ED were included. The primary endpoint was post-intubation CA, defined as CA within 10 minutes after tracheal intubation. Clinical variables were compared between patients with post-intubation CA and patients without CA who were individually matched based on age, sex, and pre-existing comorbidities.

Results

Of 2,403 patients who underwent emergency tracheal intubation, 41 patients (1.7%) had a post-intubation CA within 10 minutes of the procedure. The most common initial rhythm was pulseless electrical activity (78.1%). Patients experiencing CA had higher in-hospital mortality than patients without CA (61.0% vs. 30.1%; p<0.001). Systolic hypotension prior to intubation, defined as a systolic blood pressure ≤90 mmHg, was independently associated with post-intubation CA (OR, 3.67 [95% CI, 1.58–8.55], p = 0.01).

Conclusion

Early post-intubation CA occurred with an approximate 2% frequency in the ED. Systolic hypotension before intubation is associated with this complication, which has potentially significant implications for clinicians at the time of intubation.     

急救中光棒法与直接喉镜法气管插管引发心血管反应的比较

目的:比较光棒法与直接喉镜法气管插管对心血管系统的影响,探讨光棒在临床急救领域的适用性。方法:选取我院急诊科室进行抢救的80名患者,随机分为两组,分别采用光棒法和直接喉镜法进行气管插管。记录插管所需时间、一次插管成功次数,以及插管前、插管时、插管后1分钟、插管后3分钟患者的收缩压、舒张压、平均动脉压、心率和血氧饱和度的变化情况。数据分析使用使用检验、t检验秩和检验、重复测量方差分析。结果:两组间性别、年龄、身高、体重、ASA、Mallampati评分差异无统计学意义,具备可比性。光棒组平均插管时间少于喉镜组(光棒:31.23 9.94秒,喉镜:48.15 8.67秒),一次插管成功率(97.5%)也高于喉镜组(80.0%)。经重复测量方差分析结果显示,光棒组各时点的收缩压(F=38.312,P=0.000)、舒张压(F=219.692,P=0.000)、平均动脉压(F=54.739,P=0.000)、心率(F=195.161,P=0.000)的整体趋势要低于与喉镜组。血氧饱和度(F=0.020,P=0.889)在两组间差异无统计学意义。结论:在气管插管过程中,光棒法比直接喉镜法引发的心血管系统变化更小,而且插管所需时间更短、一次成功率更高,是一种值得在急诊科室推广的气管插管技术。     

Negative Pressure Artificial Respiration: Use in Treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome of the Newborn

Forty-five newborn infants in respiratory failure with respiratory distress syndrome were treated with intermittent negative pressure ventilation (INPV). There was a survival rate of 38% (17/45).All infants were initially treated without nasotracheal intubation. However, 24 of these developed a Paco₂ greater than 70 mm. Hg and were subsequently intubated. Intubation was followed by a decrease in the degree of hypercarbia in each instance and simultaneous increase in Pao₂.Complications encountered during ventilation were: emphysema (one patient), aspiration pneumonia (two patients), septicemia (two patients), misplaced nasotracheal tube (one patient).Follow-up of the 17 surviving patients for periods of four to 36 months disclosed two patients with post-intubation hoarseness. One infant initially had spastic quadriplegia with EEG abnormalities, both of which cleared by 5 months of age. In the remaining 14 infants, the results of physical, neurological and psychological examinations have remained within normal limits.     

Dimensions of rabbit subglottis and trachea.

One of the most challenging problems confronting otolaryngologists today remains the management of subglottic stenosis (SGS) in infants and children. It is a problem of decreased airway calibre, usually associated with prolonged intubation. The pathophysiology of an intubated airway becoming stenotic is not fully understood. Although an ideal animal model for studying SGS does not currently exist, several studies have used the rabbit's airway as a wound healing model. In order to establish such a model in the rabbit, sizes of the normal rabbit larynx must be measured in order to compare them to the diseased airway. Measuring the airway diameters of 35 rabbits ranging from 2.3-5.1 kg, the average airway at the level of the cricoid was found to be 5.81 mm (ventral-dorsal) by 5.41 mm (lateral). These dimensions did not vary significantly with animal weight.     

气管插管患者行经皮扩张气管切开术的安全性研究

目的研究气管插管患者行经皮扩张气管切开术的安全性。方法将121例经口气管插管患者随机分成对照组59例,观察组62例。两组患者均行经皮扩张气管切开术,对照组按常规方法于局麻前将气管插管拔出至门齿18～20cm处,观察组在经皮扩张完气管前壁后将气管插管全部拔出。结果两组患者手术操作时间、出血量比较差异均无统计学意义（P〉0.05）;气管插管意外脱出发生率比较,对照组高于观察组,差异有统计学意义（P〈0.05）。结论在扩张气管前壁后拔出气管插管更有利于患者安全。