Background: The Air-Q intubating laryngeal airway is a new supraglottic airway device which overcomes some of the limitations inherent to the intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA Fastrach™) for tracheal intubation. Previous studies showed lower success rate of the Air-Q™ versus ILMA Fastrach™. This study was conducted to illustrate new maneuvers for increasing the success rate of Air-Q™ versus ILMA Fastrach™ and compare between both devices.Methods: One-hundred and seventy adult patients, ASA I or II, aged >16 years old undergoing elective surgery under general anesthesia were divided randomly into 2 equal groups (85 each). Group A: using Air-Q ILA size 3.5 or size 4.5 Group B: using ILMA size 4 or size 5 according to the manufacturer’s recommendations for body weight in both groups. The time and the total success rate of blind intubation through them in 2 attempts only were recorded. In Group A, extension of the head with cricoid pressure was applied. The hemodynamic response to devices insertion and the complications related to both devices were compared.
Results: In Group A, the total success rate in 2 attempts was 94.12%, while in Group B, it was 96.47%. However, this difference was not statistically significant. The first attempt success rate was 81.18% in Group A, while it was 82.35% in Group B. The total time to intubate the hemodynamic response to device insertion and the incidence of complications (sore throat, trauma and hoarseness of voice) showed no statistically significant difference between both groups.
Conclusion: This study showed that extension of the head with cricoid pressure greatly increases the success rate of blind intubation through the Air-Q to 94.12% versus the ILMA Fastrach 96.47% with no statistically significant difference between both devices.

Background: Children with spastic diplegic Cerebral Palsy (CP) often show the difficulty to achieve well-balanced sitting posture and display the poor sitting posture such as flexed trunk with kyphotic curvature of the spine and asymmetry of trunk.
Aim of the Study: The present study was designed to determine the effectiveness of kinesio taping over the paraspinal muscles in improving sitting balance in young children with Spastic Diplegic (CP) who displayed poor trunk control.
Material and Methods: Thirty children with Spastic Diplegic (CP) of both sexes with age ranged between 10-16 months were included in this study. Children were randomly assigned to two equal groups (Group I and Group II). The study group (Group I) was treated by kinesio taping which was applied over the paraspinal region for 12 successive weeks in addition to a designed physical therapy program. The control group (Group II) was treated by the designed physical therapy program only. The children were evaluated by sitting score of Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) and radiographic studies (Kyphotic and Cobb's angles) were carried out on the whole spine while the children were sitting before and after treatment.
Results: There was a statistically significant improvement in the measured parameters in both groups when comparing their pre and post treatment mean values. However, significant difference was recorded between the two groups after treatment in favor of the study group.
Conclusion: The obtained results suggest that the application of kinesio taping over the trunk become a beneficial therapeutic technique in improving the sitting posture and trunk control in children with Spastic Diplegic (CP) when adjunct to a physical therapy program.