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Use of the bougie in simulated difficult intubation. 2. Comparison of single‐use bougie with multiple‐use bougie *
Author(s) -
Marfin A. G.,
Pandit J. J.,
Hames K. C.,
Popat M. T.,
Yentis S. M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03289.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intubation , laryngoscopy , tracheal intubation , anesthesia , surgery , single use , process engineering , engineering
Summary We studied the success rates for tracheal intubation in 32 healthy, anaesthetised patients during simulated grade IIIa laryngoscopy, randomised to either the multiple‐use or the single‐use bougie. Success rates (primary end‐point) and times taken (secondary end‐point) to achieve tracheal intubation were recorded. The multiple‐use bougie was more successful than the single‐use one (15/16 successful intubations vs. 9/16; p = 0.03). With either device, median [range] total tracheal intubation times for successful attempts were < 54 [24–84] s and there were no clinically important differences between these times. We conclude that the multiple‐use bougie is a more reliable aid to tracheal intubation than the single‐use introducer in grade IIIa laryngoscopy.