2008
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem360
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The Airway Scope, a new video laryngoscope: its use in three patients with cervical spine problems

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“…In the prehospital and emergency environment, trauma patients often require endotracheal intubation to facilitate resuscitation. Video laryngoscopy has been shown to improve intubation in patients with an immobilized cervical spine 28 and in those with cervical spine pathology 21,29 . Increased intubation time and multiple intubation attempts have been shown to correlate with greater morbidity and mortality, and the development of a “can’t intubate–can’t ventilate” scenario 30,31 .…”
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“…In the prehospital and emergency environment, trauma patients often require endotracheal intubation to facilitate resuscitation. Video laryngoscopy has been shown to improve intubation in patients with an immobilized cervical spine 28 and in those with cervical spine pathology 21,29 . Increased intubation time and multiple intubation attempts have been shown to correlate with greater morbidity and mortality, and the development of a “can’t intubate–can’t ventilate” scenario 30,31 .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…To obtain a success rate of tracheal intubation with the Pentax -AWS ® , we included 14 patients who have been reported previously. 4,6,8,10,11 We recorded the patients' characteristics, preoperative view of the oropharynx (classification according to Mallampati et al 12 and Samsoon and Young 13 ), and the thyromental distance, and we predicted that tracheal intubation using a Macintosh laryngoscope would be difficult when Mallampati was 3 or 4, when the thyromental distance was less than 6 cm, or when the patient was severely or very severely obese (as 35.0 kg/m 2 or greater, according to the World Health Organization classification). We also recorded the presence of any other factors that might make tracheal intubation difficult.…”
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“…Given these features, the AWS is useful for difficult airways 2,3 and in patients with cervical spine problems. 4,5 As lifting force is not required to expose the epiglottis, 1 the AWS may be considered less invasive than the conventional Macintosh laryngoscope. To test this hypothesis, this study examined whether the AWS would reduce hemodynamic stimulation after tracheal intubation and thereby reduces bispectral index (BIS) changes compared with the Macintosh laryngoscope.…”
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