A periscope-based, 3D printed indirect laryngoscope for resource limited settings: a non-randomized observational manikin trial [PDF]
International Journal of Emergency MedicineBackground In the United States and other resource-rich settings, video laryngoscopy is often favored for emergency intubation over direct laryngoscopy due to ease of use and improved performance in difficult airways.
Phillip R. Schmitt +5 more
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Comparison of Indirect and Direct Laryngoscopes in Pediatric Patients with a Difficult Airway: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Children, 2023 This meta-analysis was performed to determine whether an indirect laryngoscope is more advantageous than a direct laryngoscope for tracheal intubation in the setting of a difficult pediatric airway.
Risa Takeuchi +8 more
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Video laryngoscopy vs. direct laryngoscopy for nasotracheal intubation in oromaxillofacial surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2021 Background Nasotracheal intubation (NTI) is commonly performed in oromaxillofacial surgeries. We did this meta-analysis to ascertain whether use of video laryngoscopy (VL) provided better NTI characteristics as compared to direct laryngoscopy (DL) in ...
Nishkarsh Gupta +4 more
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A comparative study of glottis visualization according to the method of lifting the epiglottis in video laryngoscopy: indirect and direct lifting methods [PDF]
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2021 Background The direct entry of the camera under the epiglottis may provide a better view of the glottis than the indirect lifting of the epiglottis by placing the Macintosh blade tip on the vallecula when using the video laryngoscope. This study aimed to
Ji Youn Oh +5 more
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Ramped versus sniffing position in the videolaryngoscopy-guided tracheal intubation of morbidly obese patients: a prospective randomized study [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2023 Background Ramped positioning is recommended for intubating obese patients undergoing direct laryngoscopy. However, whether the use of the ramped position can provide any benefit in videolaryngoscopy-guided intubation remains unclear. This study assessed
Seongheon Lee +4 more
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The role of videolaryngoscope in endotracheal intubation training programs [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia, 2018 Background Macintosh laryngoscopes are widely used for endotracheal intubation training of medical students and paramedics whereas there are studies in the literature that supports videolaryngoscopes are superior in endotracheal intubation training.
Recai Dagli +4 more
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Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2021 Background and Aims: To compare the performance characteristics of C-MAC video, McCoy, and Macintosh laryngoscopes in elective cervical spine surgery. The primary objective was to assess the ease of intubation with the three study devices.
Shalini M Nair +4 more
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Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2023 Background and Aims: Endotracheal intubation (ET) in infants is considered a challenging task over the decades. Infants have short safe apnoea time, and this difficulty has been vanquished to some extent by using the videolaryngoscopes (VLs), but there ...
Samriti Manhas +4 more
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Current Medical Issues, 2022 Background: Glidescope video-laryngoscope (GVL) is an invaluable equipment for patients with anticipated difficult intubations that aids in visualizing the vocal cords out of line-of-sight. However, despite the ease in the visualization and shortening of
Mary Benita Jeyakumar +3 more
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BMC Anesthesiology, 2023 Background Reusable laryngoscopes have been reported to be superior to disposable laryngoscopes with plastic blades during emergent intubations. Surprisingly, at our institution a quality reporting system revealed a high number of equipment failures with
Colby G. Simmons +4 more
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