Video laryngoscopy (VL) is still a relatively novel advancement in airway management that offers many potential benefits over direct laryngoscopy. These advantages include decreased time to intubation in difficulty airways, unique opportunities in teaching as the video screen allows for real time teaching points, increased first pass success, particularly with novice operators, and decreased ce...

Laryngeal sarcoidosis is a rare condition, particularly in the pediatric population. Acute airway intervention may be required severe cases, but guidelines to support therapeutic strategy are absent. Moreover, evidence regarding systemic therapy scarce. This encouraged us report result of management and methotrexate at one-year follow-up child with laryngeal sarcoidosis. A 14-year-old Caucasian...

BACKGROUND Placement of advanced airways has been associated with worsened neurologic outcome in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. These findings have been attributed to factors such as inexperienced operators, prolonged intubation times and other airway related complications. As an initial step to examine outcomes of advanced airway placement during in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA)...

BACKGROUND A problem with learning endotracheal intubation on airway mannequins is poor transfer of direct laryngoscopy skills from model to patient. We developed an airway model with adjustable anatomic features and investigated whether practicing on a model with frequent adjustments improved laryngoscopy skills transfer. METHODS Fifty-one paramedic students and 18 medical students with mini...

OBJECTIVE To study pediatric direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy operative flow. DESIGN Observational quality improvement initiative. SETTING Two freestanding tertiary care children's hospitals. PATIENTS Pediatric patients undergoing direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Trained medical students observed direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy operative flow. An audi...

INTRODUCTION The direct laryngoscopy technique using a Macintosh blade is the first choice globally for most anaesthetists. In case of an unanticipated difficult airway, the complication rate increases with the number of intubation attempts. Recently, McGrath MAC (McGrath) video laryngoscopy has become a widely accepted method for securing an airway by tracheal intubation because it allows the ...

BACKGROUND Airway management in the emergency room can be challenging when patients suffer from life-threatening conditions. Mental stress, ignorance of the patient's medical history, potential cervical injury or immobilisation and the presence of vomit and/or blood may also contribute to a difficult airway. Videolaryngoscopes have been introduced into clinical practice to visualise the airway ...