Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, died less than half an hour after two women exposed him to deadly VX nerve agent at Kuala Lumpur airport nine years ago today ...

Objectives Rising patient numbers and limited resources are creating a challenging environment for healthcare providers recently. Anaesthesiologists are also increasingly faced with complex situations ...

The latest procedure gaining attention is “awake-only” liposuction, often marketed as a safer, faster alternative to traditional lipo performed under general anesthesia.

Oh, cut that out! Quieten down! Command sentences give instructions and tell someone to do something. They use imperative or bossy verbs, like 'jog on the spot'. If you put a bossy verb at the ...

Welcome and thank you for considering the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) as a venue for your work. As the oldest continuously-published medical journal, our mission since 1812 has been to ...

COVID-19 pneumonia presents in most patients with significant hypoxemia but without substantial impairment of lung compliance that would increase the work of breathing (WOB) to levels requiring ...

In this eBook, learn about optimal patient positioning, securing an airway with facial trauma involvement and the benefits of the bougie in airway management Making use of all available intubation ...

Methods A randomised controlled trial of SALAD was conducted using a modified airway manikin capable of vomiting to simulate a soiled airway. The intervention comprised SALAD training and the ...

Objective Neonatal endotracheal intubation is a lifesaving but technically difficult procedure, particularly for inexperienced operators. This secondary analysis in a subgroup of inexperienced ...

Survival after cardiac arrest requires an integrated system of people, training, equipment, and organizations working together to achieve a common goal. Part 7 of the 2020 American Heart Association ...

The Heimlich maneuver is used on people who can't breathe, speak, or cough because they are choking. Perform the Heimlich maneuver by standing behind the person and giving quick, upward thrusts above ...

Replacing multiple devices, the USB can be used as a stylet, bougie, hyperangulated stylet or hyperangulated bougie. Editor’s note: This series of articles profiles the inventors of three innovative ...