Videolaryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy for emergency orotracheal intubation outside the operating room: a systematic review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 712-724

  Arulkumaran, N ^a   Lowe, J ^b   Ions, R ^c   Mendoza, M ^d   Bennett, V ^e   Dunser, M W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^e ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

emergencies; laryngoscopy; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ACID ASPIRATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; META ANALYSIS; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOOTH INJURY; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPY; DEVICES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; PROCEDURES; VIDEORECORDING;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 85045910307     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2017.12.041     Document Type: Review

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