Objective To determine the hemodynamic response to laryngoscopy/tracheal intubation using GlideScope® videolaryngoscope in patients with ischemic heart diseases. Methods In a randomized clinical trial, 80 adult patient, candidate for coronary artery bypass graft surgery were allocated in two groups for laryngoscopy (MC=Macintosh blade or GS=GlideScope). The hemodynamic response, laryngoscopy ti...

OBJECTIVE. Airway management and endotracheal intubation may be required urgently when a patient deteriorates in an ambulance or aircraft during interhospital transfer or in a prehospital setting. The objectives of this study were: (1) to compare the effectiveness of conventional intubation by Macintosh laryngoscope in a moving ambulance versus that in a static ambulance; and (2) to compare the...

BACKGROUND Gaining proficiency with various airway management tools is an important goal for anesthesiology training. Indirect video laryngoscopes facilitate tracheal intubation in adults, but it is not clear whether these findings translate to children. This study evaluates the total time to successful intubation when performed by anesthesiology trainees using GlideScope Cobalt® video laryngos...

Background. Teaching direct laryngoscopy is limited by the inability of the instructor to simultaneously view the airway with the laryngoscopist. Our primary aim is to report our initial use of the GlideScope Direct, a video-enabled, Macintosh laryngoscope intended primarily as a training tool in direct laryngoscopy. Methods. The GlideScope Direct was made available to anyone who planned on per...

Force and pressure distribution using Macintosh and GlideScope laryngoscopes Editor—Carassiti and colleagues are to be commended for their work attempting to compare the forces applied to the airway during laryngoscopy with the Glidescope Cobalt and the Macintosh laryngoscope. However, one issue deserves comment, there is an important difference between the two blades that was not accounted for...

background: to determine if the glidescope® videolaryngoscope (gvl) could attenuate the hemodynamic responses to orotracheal intubation compared with conventional macintosh laryngoscope. objectives: the aim of this relatively large randomized trial was to compare the hemodynamic stress responses during laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation using gvl versus mcl amongst healthy adult individuals r...

In Reply: We thank Xue et al. for their recent letter regarding our recent article and are happy to respond to their questions and comments. Their first question related to the number of neonates included in the study. We had two neonates in our study; one was randomized to the GlideScope (Verathon Medical, Bothell, WA) and the other to direct laryngoscopy (Heine, Dover, NH). We routinely use a...

BACKGROUND Smart phone technology is becoming increasingly integrated into medical care.Our study compared an iPhone modified flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope as an intubation aid and clinical teaching tool with an unmodified bronchoscope, Glidescope® and Macintosh laryngoscope in a simulated normal and difficult airway scenario. METHODS Sixty three anaesthesia providers, 21 consultant anaest...

BACKGROUND The Airtraq laryngoscope and the GlideScope are commonly used in many airway scenarios. However, their features have not been fully described for double-lumen tube intubation. A prospective randomized study was designed to compare their intubation performances in thoracic surgery patients. METHODS Seventy ASA physical status I and II patients with predicted normal airway were sched...