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Five masked clinicians in an emergency department prepare for a difficult airway procedure around a supine patient. One holds a video laryngoscope while others handle airway equipment, including a bag-valve mask and laryngeal mask airway; monitoring equipment and medical supplies surround the bed.
December 10, 2025

Sedative choice could improve outcomes for breathing tube patients

It’s the first study to demonstrate cardiovascular risks of high doses of ketamine (low blood pressure, arrhythmia), side effects that have not been well studied in the past.

By Craig Boerner
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December 16, 2024

VUMC awarded $26.4 million for patient-centered research

The awards support research efforts to identify optimal approaches to improving health care and health outcomes for patients, families and the community.

By Bill Snyder
(file photo by Anne Rayner)
December 5, 2024

VUMC to study effect of breathing tube size on breathing, speaking, swallowing

Approximately 1% of the U.S. population — 2 million to 3 million adults — experience critical illness requiring the placement of a breathing tube each year.

By Nancy Humphrey
Five masked clinicians in an emergency department prepare for a difficult airway procedure around a supine patient. One holds a video laryngoscope while others handle airway equipment, including a bag-valve mask and laryngeal mask airway; monitoring equipment and medical supplies surround the bed.
June 13, 2024

Multicenter study identifies method of preoxygenation that prevents hypoxemia and cardiac arrest during emergency tracheal intubation

Preoxygenation is the administration of supplemental oxygen prior to the start of a procedure to increase the content of oxygen in the lung and decrease the risk of hypoxemia

By Nancy Humphrey
VUMC NEWS logo in white lettering inside a cyan and yellow outlined square on a blue gradient background.
June 16, 2023

Study shows video laryngoscope increases successful intubation on first attempt

A Vanderbilt study study comparing the two types of laryngoscopes used in tracheal intubation of critically ill patients showed that the use of a video laryngoscope increased successful intubation on the first attempt, compared to the use of a direct laryngoscope, the standard approach for almost a century.

By Nancy Humphrey
Grid of ten professional headshots arranged in two rows, labeled Brittain, Self, Shibao, Wilson, Casey, Haake, Terker, Wanjalla, Bock, and Mashayekhi.
February 9, 2023

American Society for Clinical Investigation honors 10 Vanderbilt physicians

By Bill Snyder