Open AccessLearning Curves for Two Fiberscopes in Simulated Difficult Airway Scenario With Cumulative Sum Method
Author(s) -
Demet Altun,
Tülay Özkan Seyhan,
Emre Çamcı,
Nükhet Sivrikoz,
Mukadder Orhan-Sungur
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
simulation in healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.685
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1559-713X
pISSN - 1559-2332
DOI - 10.1097/sih.0000000000000368
Subject(s) - intubation , anesthesiology , medicine , confidence interval , airway management , airway , endotracheal intubation , anesthesia , learning curve , surgery , computer science , operating system
The aims of this randomized prospective mannequin study were to determine the amount of attempts required for successful intubation using different fiberscopes (Bonfils and SensaScope) by inexperienced anesthesiologists in a difficult airway scenario and to build the associated learning curves.