Management of the predicted difficult airway: a comparison of conventional blade laryngoscopy with video-assisted blade laryngoscopy and the GlideScope | Zendy

Götz Serocki | Zendy; Berthold Bein | Zendy; Jens Scholz | Zendy; Volker Dörges | Zendy

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Management of the predicted difficult airway: a comparison of conventional blade laryngoscopy with video-assisted blade laryngoscopy and the GlideScope

Author(s) -

Götz Serocki,

Berthold Bein,

Jens Scholz,

Volker Dörges

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

european journal of anaesthesiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445

H-Index - 76

eISSN - 1365-2346

pISSN - 0265-0215

DOI - 10.1097/eja.0b013e32832d328d

Subject(s) - laryngoscopes , laryngoscopy , medicine , video laryngoscope , intubation , anesthesia , tracheal intubation , airway management , airway , elective surgery

We investigated whether the use of two different video laryngoscopes [direct-coupled interface (DCI) video laryngoscope and GlideScope] may improve laryngoscopic view and intubation success compared with the conventional direct Macintosh laryngoscope (direct laryngoscopy) in patients with a predicted difficult airway.

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