Comparison between Direct Laryngoscopy with and without Aerosol Box for Intubation in Patients undergoing General Anaesthesia during COVID-19 Pandemic- A Randomised Controlled Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Introduction: The airway management of patients with COVID-19 is a high risk task for anaesthesiologists. Several innovations have been born as a result of this problem, including aerosol boxes and clear plastic sheets.
Krupa P Patel +4 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 PurposeIt is unknown if direct epiglottis lifting or conversion to hyperangulated videolaryngoscopes, or even direct epiglottis lifting with hyperangulated videolaryngoscopes, may optimize glottis visualization in situations where Macintosh ...
Viktor A. Wünsch +9 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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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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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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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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Comparison between Glidescope and Lightwand for tracheal intubation in patients with a simulated difficult airway [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2015 BackgroundAlthough Lightwand and Glidescope have both shown high success rates for intubation, there has been no confirmation as to which device is most effective for difficult endotracheal intubation.
Ki-Hwan Yang +5 more
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Comparison between GlideRite® rigid stylet and Parker Flex-It™ stylet to facilitate GlideScope intubation in simulated difficult intubation: a randomized controlled study [PDF]
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2022 Background The GlideScope® videolaryngoscope (GVL) is widely used in patients with difficult airways and provides a good glottic view. However, the acute angle of the blade can make insertion and advancement of an endotracheal tube (ETT) more difficult ...
Ji Won Bak +6 more
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Comparison of the laryngeal view during intubation using Airtraq and Macintosh laryngoscopes in patients with cervical spine immobilization and mouth opening limitation [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2010 BackgroundFor patients suspicious of cervical spine injury, a Philadelphia cervical collar is usually applied. Application of Philadelphia cervical collar may cause difficult airway.
Jae-Chul Koh +3 more
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Should the Glidescope video laryngoscope be used first line for all oral intubations or only in those with a difficult airway? A review of current literature [PDF]
, 2018 The purpose of this study was to review literature that looked into the efficacy of the Glidescope video laryngoscope versus the Macintosh laryngoscope in oral endotracheal intubations.
Hormis, Anil, Russell, Terrie-Marie
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