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The intuitive use of laryngeal airway tools by first year medical students
BMC Emergency Medicine, 09/23/09

Bickenbach J et al. – Untrained laypersons are able to use different airway devices in a manikin and may therefore provide a secured airway even without having any detailed background knowledge about the tool. Minimal theoretical instruction and practical skill training can improve their performance significantly. However, refreshment of knowledge seems justified after six months.

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A bench study of ventilation via two self-assembled jet devices and the Oxygen Flow Modulator in simulated upper airway obstruction
Anaesthesia, 11/11/09 Relevance Score: 69%

Oncostatin M (OSM) is increased in asthma with incompletely reversible airflow obstruction
Experimental Lung Research, 11/09/09 Relevance Score: 68%

Thyroid lymphoma and airway obstruction – is there a rationale for surgical management?
International Journal of Clinical Practice, 10/19/09 Relevance Score: 68%

Upper airway function and arousability to ventilatory challenge in slow wave versus stage 2 sleep in obstructive sleep apnoea
Thorax, 11/09/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Neural control of airway inflammation
Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, 10/22/09 Relevance Score: 67%