INTRODUÇÃO: Intubação traqueal é habilidade essencial para o atendimento de emergências, porém, na população pediátrica é procedimento menos frequente e mais difícil que na população adulta. A intubação apresenta em situações controladas uma baixa taxa de complicações. No entanto, no departamento de emergência pediátrica é procedimento de maior risco. O uso de videolaringoscopia é uma alternativa a laringoscopia direta. Há escassa evidência do uso sistemático do videolaringoscópio na emergência pediátrica. Nossa hipótese é que o uso do videolaringoscópio propiciará maior sucesso em intubação traqueal na primeira tentativa, e que diminuirá complicações da intubação traqueal. OBJETIVOS: Comparar as taxas de sucesso de intubação traqueal entre pacientes pediátricos maiores de um ano intubados usando videolaringoscopia ou laringoscopia direta. Comparar a frequência de eventos associados à intubação traqueal e presença de queda da saturação de oxigênio entre estes pacientes. MÉTODOS: Estudo clínico prospectivo de intervenção, não randomizado, aberto, com controle de série histórica. Realizado em departamento de emergência pediátrica terciário. Foram avaliados registros de intubação de pacientes maiores de um ano, por 23 meses, entre julho de 2016 e maio de 2018, com 50 intubações com videolaringoscópio (grupo VL), comparados com série histórica de 5 anos, entre julho de 2005 e dezembro de 2010, com 141 intubações com laringoscopia direta (grupo LD). RESULTADOS: A taxa de sucesso em primeira tentativa no grupo VL foi 68% (34/50), comparada com 37,6% (53/141) do grupo LD (p < 0,01). Houve menor proporção de eventos associados à intubação traqueal no grupo VL com 31,3% (15/50), versus 67,8% (97/141) no grupo LD (p < 0,01), não houve diferenças significantes na queda de saturação. CONCLUSÕES: Videolaringoscopia apresentou maior sucesso em primeira tentativa e menor taxa de complicações. Esse resultado sugere que videolaringoscópio pode ser considerado como primeira escolha nas intubações de pacientes pediátricos no departamento de emergência / INTRODUCTION: Tracheal intubation is an essential skill to treat emergencies, but it is a less frequent and more difficult procedure in the pediatric than in the adult population. Intubation presents a low rate of complications in controlled situations. However, in the pediatric emergency department is a higher risk procedure. The use of video laryngoscopy is an alternative to direct laryngoscopy. There is scant evidence of the systematic use of video laryngoscopes in pediatric emergency. Our hypothesis is that the use of video laryngoscope will lead to greater success in tracheal intubation in the first attempt, and will reduce complications of tracheal intubation. OBJECTIVES: To compare the success rates of tracheal intubation among pediatric patients over one year old intubated with video laryngoscopy or direct laryngoscopy. To compare the frequency of tracheal intubation associated events and decreased oxygen saturation among these patients. METHODS: This was a prospective, non-randomized, open-label clinical study with historical control. Study conducted in a pediatric tertiary emergency department. We compared intubation records of children over one year old, for 23 months, between July 2016 and May 2018, with 50 video laryngoscope intubations (VL group), with a 5-year historical series between July 2005 and December 2010, with 141 intubations with direct laryngoscopy (DL group). RESULTS: The first pass success rate in the VL group was 68% (34/50), compared with 37.6% (53/141) DL group (p < 0.01). There was a lower proportion of tracheal intubation associated events in the VL group, with 31.3% (15/50) versus 67.8% (97/141) in the DL group (p < 0.01), there were no significant differences in desaturation. CONCLUSIONS: Video laryngoscopy was more successful in the first intubation attempt and had lower rate of complications. This result suggests that video laryngoscope may be the first choice device in pediatric intubations in the emergency department

Emil Behnke was a highly esteemed vocal pedagogue of the late nineteenth century. Perhaps rare for the time, the art and science of teaching vocal methods of speech and singing was a Behnke family business, one that Emil shared with his wife and daughter, who were both named Kate. Indeed, Emil's daughter, Kate Emil Behnke, was equally regarded and valued in the field of vocal pedagogy, carrying her father's teachings into the twentieth century. Meanwhile, the elder Kate Behnke, wife to Emil and mother to Kate Emil, was responsible for administering and building upon her husband's innovative methods of speech therapy, establishing her own reputation as a speech healer. The Behnke family published no less than fourteen books, cumulatively. Largely forgotten today, the purpose of this document is to provide a comprehensive overview of the biography and the pedagogical methods and works of the Behnke family, and to contextualize these methods within the framework of trusted vocal pedagogy, both historic and current.