Without a patent airway, a patient has about four minutes to live, so doctors and paramedics put a huge amount of effort into honing their intubation skills. They have to be able to insert an ...

The new tool – part of GE's Critical Care Suite 2.0 – helps bedside staff and radiologists assess patients before intubation – for example prior to ventilation in patients with critical ...

The mean cecal intubation time was 5.6 min (SD, 3.2 min; range, 1–58 min). Failure to reach the cecum occurred in 108 patients. The causes of incomplete colonoscopy included looping in 63 (58.3% ...

The mean cecal intubation time was 5.6 ± 3.2 min. Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that patient age greater than 60 years, constipation, poor colon preparation and a two ...