In reply: Comparing videolaryngoscope and direct laryngoscope use for nasotracheal intubation in patients with manual in-line stabilization

Circulatory responses to nasotracheal intubation: comparison of GlideScope videolaryngoscope and Macintosh direct laryngoscope.

BACKGROUND The GlideScope videolaryngoscope (GSVL) has been shown to have no special advantage over the Macintosh direct laryngoscope (MDL) in attenuating the circulatory responses to orotracheal intubation, but no study has compared the circulatory responses to nasotracheal intubation (NTI) using the two devices. This prospective randomized clinical study was designed to determine whether ther...

Manual in-line stabilization increases pressures applied by the laryngoscope blade during direct laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation.

BACKGROUND Manual in-line stabilization (MILS) is recommended during direct laryngoscopy and intubation in patients with known or suspected cervical spine instability. Because MILS impairs glottic visualization, the authors hypothesized that anesthesiologists would apply greater pressure during intubations with MILS than without. METHODS Nine anesthetized and pharmacologically paralyzed patie...

Pentax-AWS videolaryngoscope for nasotracheal intubation in patients with difficult airways

Corresponding author: Keon-Sik Kim, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Hoegidong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-702, Korea. Tel: 82-2-958-8591, Fax: 82-2-958-8580, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/license...

Pentax-AWS videolaryngoscope for awake nasotracheal intubation in patients with a difficult airway.

hemodynamic changes following endotracheal intubation in patients undergoing cesarean section with general anesthesia: application of glidescope® videolaryngoscope versus direct laryngoscope

objectives the aim of this study was to compare hemodynamic changes following endotracheal intubation with gvl and mdl in patients undergoing cesarean section by general anesthesia. materials and methods seventy patients undergoing elective cesarean section by general anesthesia requiring endotracheal intubation were randomly allocated to be intubated with either gvl (n = 35) or mdl (n = 35). s...