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Performance of the C‐MAC video laryngoscope in patients after a limited glottic view using Macintosh laryngoscopy
Author(s) -
Piepho T.,
Fortmueller K.,
Heid F. M.,
Schmidtmann I.,
Werner C.,
Noppens R. R.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06872.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngoscopy , intubation , glottis , tracheal intubation , laryngoscopes , anesthesia , larynx , surgery
We applied the C-MAC videolaryngoscope in 52 consecutive patients who were found to have an unexpected Cormack and Lehane grade-3 (n = 49) and grade-4 (n = 3) laryngeal view with the Macintosh laryngoscope. The glottic view improved in 49 (94%) patients using the C-MAC. Tracheal intubation was successful in 49 of 52 patients (94%). In one patient, tracheal intubation failed using the C-MAC despite the presence of a Cormack and Lehane grade-2. These results suggest that the C-MAC videolaryngoscope has a role as a rescue device in cases of an initially difficult laryngeal view.