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BACKGROUND/AIM Anesthesiologists have encountered various difficulties in securing the airway. Therefore, we compare the intubation times and hemodynamic changes between the McGrath Series 5 video laryngoscope and the Macintosh laryngoscope. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 80 obstetric patients were divided into 2 groups, orotracheally intubated with either the McGrath video laryngoscope or ...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Society of Anaesthesiologist [1]. Video laryngoscopes have high percentages of Cormack-Lehane grades 1 and 2 in patients with predicted difficult airways and high successful intubation rate [2]. It is indicated for intubation in awake patient when there are suspected difficult conventional laryngoscopy and intubation or difficult bag and mask ventil...

BACKGROUND Videolaryngoscopy has been proven to be a safe procedure managing difficult airways in the hands of airway specialists. Information about the success rates in unexperienced users of videolaryngoscopy compared to conventional laryngoscopy is sparse. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate if there might be more success in securing an airway if the unexperienced provider is using a videolaryng...

The blind bougie technique is performed when the epiglottis visible to intubator, but vocal cords cannot be seen (Grade III Cormack-Lehane view). for endotracheal intubation not routinely by Critical Care Paramedics a failed in prehospital setting. However, at Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service State of Qatar, included their airway clinical practice guidelines. This case report aims de...

Mary Ann McDowell Center for Tropical Disease Research and Training, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, USA Frank Collins Center for Tropical Disease Research and Training, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, USA Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigao Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National In...

This study evaluated the ability of prehospital providers who had no previous training in intubation, to use an Airtraq laryngoscope to intubate a manikin model of a Cormack and Lehane grade III/IV view. Volunteers attending the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals conference, Adelaide, in November 2006 received approximately 5 min of Airtraq training. First-time intubation success rat...

A 63-yr-old woman was anaesthetized for sub-total thyroidectomy. The thyroid gland was large, deviating the trachea to the right and causing 30% tracheal narrowing at the level of the suprasternal notch. Mask ventilation was easy but laryngoscopy was Cormack and Lehane grade 3. Despite being able to see the tip of the epiglottis, tracheal intubation was impossible. An intubating laryngeal mask ...

The term C-MAC Miller is confusing. I had read this over several times thinking that Storz had in fact produced a C-Miller blade. Perhaps the authors would consider abbreviating this as C-MAC/MT (for Miller technique) so that the Miller blade design is not so strongly suggested. We greatly appreciate this reviewers’ comment, since we were not aware of the current description being a basis for m...