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1. The use of the BERCI DCI® Video Laryngoscope for teaching novices direct laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation*

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N. Rasburn, David W. Healy, and Daniel Low

Subjects
medicine.diagnostic_test, Trainer, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, education, Laryngoscopy, Tracheal intubation, Video laryngoscope, Standard laryngoscope, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Video laryngoscopy, Anesthesia, Tube placement, medicine, Intubation, business
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Traditional teaching of laryngoscopy is difficult due to the trainer and trainee lacking a shared view. The Karl Storz BERCI DCI Video Laryngoscope provides a video image for the trainer and a direct view identical to that of a standard laryngoscope for the trainee. Forty-nine novice subjects were randomly assigned to a control group (n = 24) taught using a standard Macintosh laryngoscope or a study group (n = 25) taught using the Video Laryngoscope. Following training all subjects were assessed using a standard laryngoscope. Under simulated difficult airway conditions the study group performed better in terms of number of attempts (p = 0.02), number of repositioning manoeuvres required (p = 0.046) and teeth trauma (p = 0.034). The study group were more confident of the success of their tube placement (p = 0.035), found it easier than the control group (p = 0.042) and had improved knowledge of airway anatomy (p = 0.011). We conclude that video laryngoscopy confers benefits in the teaching of tracheal intubation.

Published
2008
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2. Teenagers: paediatric or adult ICU?

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N Rasburn, L Loveday, and Matthew Thomas

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medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Critically ill, Intensive care, Paediatric intensive care, Emergency medicine, Poster Presentation, medicine, Medical emergency, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, business, medicine.disease, National Service Framework
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The present study aims to compare the diagnostic categories and outcomes for teenagers admitted to the paediatric ICU (PICU) and the adult ICU over a 3-year period. The UK Paediatric Intensive Care society has agreed consensus standards for the care of critically ill patients up to the age of 16 years [1]. The UK National Service Framework for Children defines a child as 'all those under 19 years' [2]. To date, there are no specific national standards addressing the care of teenagers on intensive care.

Published
2009

3. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and the prediction of perioperative events in patients undergoing lung resection in the modern era: A comparison of clinical, CPET and combined assessment.

Author

Teh E, Sinha S, Joshi N, Kamalanathan K, Molyneux M, Rasburn N, Batchelor T, Casali G, Internullo E, Krishnadas R, and West D

Subjects
Exercise Tolerance, Humans, Lung, Preoperative Care, Exercise Test, Oxygen Consumption
Abstract

Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Published
2020
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4. Early Versus Late Paravertebral Block for Analgesia in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Resection. A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Author

Kamalanathan K, Knight T, Rasburn N, Joshi N, and Molyneux M

Subjects
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anesthetics, Local pharmacology, Double-Blind Method, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pain Measurement, Pain, Postoperative diagnosis, Thoracic Vertebrae, Anesthesia, Local methods, Bupivacaine pharmacology, Nerve Block methods, Pain, Postoperative therapy, Pneumonectomy methods, Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted methods
Abstract

Objectives: Paravertebral local analgesia is effective in providing pain relief after video assisted thoracoscopic surgery. This randomized, double-blind pilot clinical trial investigated the effect of early perioperative delivery of paravertebral local analgesia to reduce postoperative pain after video assisted thoracoscopic lung resection and the feasibility of a larger trial., Design: Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial., Setting: University hospital, single institution., Participants: Patients over 18 years of age having video assisted lung resection surgery., Interventions: 90 patients undergoing video assisted lung resection were randomized to receive bupivacaine via paravertebral catheter either before lung resection (early; n = 47) or at the end of the operation (late; n = 43). The primary outcome measure was pain on coughing during the first 24 postoperative hours. The 95% confidence interval for a median difference was calculated using the Hodges-Lehman median difference method., Measurements and Main Results: There was no difference in pain scores between groups over the first 24 postoperative hours. The median (range) morphine equivalent consumption after 24 hours was 34 (7.3-105) mg with early paravertebral bupivacaine and 40.7 (3-91) mg after late paravertebral bupivacaine. The prevalence of chronic pain at 12 months postoperatively was 8.7% with early paravertebral bupivacaine and 25.8% with late paravertebral bupivacaine; the difference was not statistically significant., Conclusions: The authors found no difference in acute postoperative pain, but the decrease in morphine consumption and prevalence of chronic pain with early paravertebral bupivacaine, although not statistically significant, may warrant further investigation with a larger trial., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Published
2019
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