Should the Glidescope video laryngoscope be used first line for all oral intubations or only in those with a difficult airway? A review of current literature

Journal of Perioperative Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 322-333

  Russell, Terrie Marie ^a   Hormis, Anil ^b  

^a Senior Operating Department Practitioner   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Difficult airway; Glidescope video laryngoscope; Macintosh laryngoscope; Oral intubations

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTOR; VIDEORECORDING;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 85060665025     PISSN: 17504589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1750458918788985     Document Type: Review

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