• Journal Club

Co-organised by the All Wales Airway Group and Welsh Anaesthesia Audit Research and Engagement Network (WAAREN)

We will be discussing some of the latest papers on airway management with Professor Ellen O' Sullivan (DAS international liaison), Professor Kariem El-Boghdadly (DAS Scientific Officer) and Dr Alistair McNarry (Past DAS-RCoA Airway Lead).

Monday 29th April at 19:00 GMT (on Zoom) 

All members of the MDT welcome to join. If you are unable to join live you can register for access to the recording which will be made available to registrants in the weeks after the event.

FREE TO ATTEND

Papers being discussed:

• Crístian de Carvalho C, Iliff HA, Santos Neto JM, Potter T, Alves MB, Blake L, El-Boghdadly K. Effectiveness of preoxygenation strategies: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Br J Anaesth. 2024 Apr 9:S0007-0912(24)00130-2. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.02.028. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38599916. (available here: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1iuzg1dCDupiM)
• Ruetzler K, Bustamante S, Schmidt MT, Almonacid-Cardenas F, Duncan A, Bauer A, Turan A, Skubas NJ, Sessler DI; Collaborative VLS Trial Group. Video Laryngoscopy vs Direct Laryngoscopy for Endotracheal Intubation in the Operating Room: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2024 Apr 16;331(15):1279-1286. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.0762. PMID: 38497992; PMCID: PMC10949146. (available here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2816267)
• Prekker ME, Driver BE, Trent SA, Resnick-Ault D, Seitz KP, Russell DW, Gaillard JP, Latimer AJ, Ghamande SA, Gibbs KW, Vonderhaar DJ, Whitson MR, Barnes CR, Walco JP, Douglas IS, Krishnamoorthy V, Dagan A, Bastman JJ, Lloyd BD, Gandotra S, Goranson JK, Mitchell SH, White HD, Palakshappa JA, Espinera A, Page DB, Joffe A, Hansen SJ, Hughes CG, George T, Herbert JT, Shapiro NI, Schauer SG, Long BJ, Imhoff B, Wang L, Rhoads JP, Womack KN, Janz DR, Self WH, Rice TW, Ginde AA, Casey JD, Semler MW; DEVICE Investigators and the Pragmatic Critical Care Research Group. Video versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults. N Engl J Med. 2023 Aug 3;389(5):418-429. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2301601. Epub 2023 Jun 16. PMID: 37326325. (available here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2301601?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed)

Note: a link to join the meeting will be sent out a few days before