Professor, Emergency Medicine, Jefferson Medical College-Thos Jefferson Univ

Emergency Medicine

Dr. Richard M. Levitan, MD

Richard Levitan is an expert in the field of Emergency Medicine. He graduated from NYU School of Medicine. Richard Levitan is also a published doctor. He has 36 paper published. The most recent paper is: Assessment of airway visualization: validation of the percentage of glottic opening (POGO) scale.

Publications

Bimanual laryngoscopy: a videographic study of external laryngeal manipulation by novice intubators.
Head-elevated laryngoscopy position: improving laryngeal exposure during laryngoscopy by increasing head elevation.
Laryngeal view during laryngoscopy: a randomized trial comparing cricoid pressure, backward-upward-rightward pressure, and bimanual laryngoscopy.
Design rationale and intended use of a short optical stylet for routine fiberoptic augmentation of emergency laryngoscopy.
Stylet bend angles and tracheal tube passage using a straight-to-cuff shape.
Emergency airway management in a morbidly obese, noncooperative, rapidly deteriorating patient.
The mystique of direct laryngoscopy.
Light intensity of curved laryngoscope blades in Philadelphia emergency departments.
Use of a battery-operated needle driver for intraosseous access by novice users: skill acquisition with cadavers.
Performance failure of a colorimetric end-tidal CO2 detector.
The complexities of tracheal intubation with direct laryngoscopy and alternative intubation devices.
Preoxygenation and Prevention of Desaturation During Emergency Airway Management.
Patient safety in emergency airway management and rapid sequence intubation: metaphorical lessons from skydiving.
Alternating day emergency medicine and anesthesia resident responsibility for management of the trauma airway: a study of laryngoscopy performance and intubation success.
The Combitube as rescue device: recommended use of the small adult size for all patients six feet tall or shorter.
Limitations of difficult airway prediction in patients intubated in the emergency department.
Laryngoscopy and morbid obesity: a comparison of the "sniff" and "ramped" positions.
Devices for difficult airway management in academic emergency departments: results of a national survey.
Training with video imaging improves the initial intubation success rates of paramedic trainees in an operating room setting.
A videographic analysis of laryngeal exposure comparing the articulating laryngoscope and external laryngeal manipulation.
Assessment of airway visualization: validation of the percentage of glottic opening (POGO) scale.
Airway management and direct laryngoscopy. A review and update.
Assessment of laryngeal view: percentage of glottic opening score vs Cormack and Lehane grading.
Contrary to popular belief and traditional instruction, the larynx is sighted one eye at a time during direct laryngoscopy.
Use of the intubating laryngeal mask airway by medical and nonmedical personnel.
A grading system for direct laryngoscopy.
Myths and realities: the "difficult airway" and alternative airway devices in the emergency setting.
A new tool for teaching and supervising direct laryngoscopy.
Initial anatomic investigations of the I-gel airway: a novel supraglottic airway without inflatable cuff.
Anesthetic considerations for bariatric surgery: proper positioning is important for laryngoscopy.
Rescuing intubation. Simple techniques to improve airway visualization.
A new view on intubation training.
Explaining the variable effect on laryngeal view obtained with the McCoy laryngoscope.
The importance of a laryngoscopy strategy and optimal conditions in emergency intubation.
Safety of succinylcholine in myasthenia gravis.

Doctors Specialties

Emergency Medicine

Accepted Insurances

Education

NYU School of Medicine

Hospital

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

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