BACKGROUND The frequency of malpositioning of gastric tubes in the trachea has been reported to be 0.3-15%, which may cause severe complications, such as pneumonia, if not detected promptly. If a gastric tube can be guided into the esophagus under direct vision with a video laryngoscope, misplacement of the gastric tube into the trachea can be avoided. We compared gastric tube insertion under d...

1. Amour J, Le Manach YL, Borel M, Lenfant F, Nicolas-Robin A, Carillion A, Ripart J, Riou B, Langeron O: Comparison of single-use and reusable metal laryngoscope blades for orotracheal intubation during rapid sequence induction of anesthesia: A multicenter cluster randomized study. ANESTHESIOLOGY 2010; 112:325–32 2. Amour J, Marmion F, Birenbaum A, Nicolas-Robin A, Coriat P, Riou B, Langeron O...

Abstract Background Airway management by intubation is considered a major responsibility and vital skill for anaesthesiologists. Direct laryngoscopy endotracheal under vision continues to be the gold standard airway management. Though conventional done with Macintosh blade, it has its own drawbacks. The Airtraq™ tube/guide channelled video-laryngoscope can used in patients normal as well diffic...

Despite the lack of uniformity and the need of further investigation, video laryngoscopy continues to gain popularity both inside and outside the operating room. It has quickly become a first line strategy for potential and/or encountered difficult intubation. It is well established that video laryngoscope improves laryngeal view as compared with direct laryngoscopy in patients with suspected d...

D-blade is a relatively new device in the field of videolaryngoscopy, designed for airway management by enabling indirectoscopic glottic view. In our study, we investigated efficiency of D-blade in comparison with direct Macintosh laryngoscope (gold standard). Fifty-two adult patients with normal airway scheduled for elective surgery in general anesthesia were randomly assigned in D-blade video...

OBJECTIVE To compare the ease of use of the direct vision laryngoscope and the lighted stylet (Trachlight) by novice staff. METHODS Ten novice medical officers (MOs) performed orotracheal intubations using either the conventional direct vision laryngoscope (DL) or a lighted stylet device (Trachlight). They performed their DL intubations during the first phase of the study, followed by the Tra...

BACKGROUND /st> Airway Scope is a new videolaryngoscope which requires less cervical movement during intubation than direct laryngoscopy. Thus, in patients wearing a rigid cervical collar, we compared the efficacy of the Airway Scope and the gum elastic bougie with Macintosh laryngoscope during tracheal intubation. METHODS /st> Anaesthesia was induced with propofol, fentanyl, and rocuronium. ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS C-MAC® video laryngoscope (VL) with Macintosh blade has been found to improve Cormack-Lehane (C-L) laryngoscopic view as well as intubating conditions for orotracheal intubation. However, studies done on the performance of C-MAC® VL for nasotracheal intubation (NTI) are very few in number. Hence, we compared laryngoscopy and intubating conditions between Macintosh direct lar...

Schwartz-Jampel syndrome (SJS) is a rare disorder characterized by micrognathia, kyphoscoliosis, and myotonia. The greatest challenge in the anesthetic management of patients with SJS is performing tracheal intubation. The MultiViewScope (MVS) is a video laryngoscope system in which the video monitor handle can be attached to a stylet scope, laryngoscope blade, or fiberscope. We report a 21-mon...