Objective: To compare mean time taken for tracheal intubation with Airtraq versus Macintosh laryngoscope in elective surgeries.
 Study Design: This is a Randomized control trial (RCT) study.
 Setting: carried out at Department of Anaesthesiology, Surgical Intensive Care Unit and Pain Management, Clinic, Dow University Health Sciences Dr. Ruth Pfau Hospital Karachi, from June 2016 to N...

BackgroundCervical spine immobilisation increases the difficulty of tracheal intubation. Many intubation devices have been evaluated in this setting, but their relative performance remains uncertain.MethodsMEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library were searched to identify randomised trials comparing two or more adults with cervical immobilisation. After critical appraisal, a random-effects network...