BRONCHOSCOPY contributes greatly to the diagnosis and treatment of intrathoracic disease. It is at once apparent that proper anesthesia serves the interest of both the bronchoscopist and the patient.

b: Following vagotomy, positive-pressure ventilation no longer triggers cricothyroid activity. Cricothyroid tracking is therefore abolished. (Source: Sasaki 45 with permission from Lippincott, ...

One hundred and two transtracheal aspirations were performed in 94 hospitalized patients with various kinds of bronchopulmonary disease. Sixty-two of the 102 procedures were performed on patients who ...

The superior thyroid artery is located within the neck. Branching off from the external carotid artery, this blood vessel runs past the greater cornu of the hyoid bone (the hyoid’s back-most part) and ...