BACKGROUND Successful endotracheal intubation requires mental activity and no less important physical activity from the anesthesiologist, so ergonomics of used devices is important. The aim of our study has been to compare 4 laryngoscopes regarding an operator's activity of selected muscles of the upper limb, an operator's satisfaction with used devices and an operator's fatigue during intubati...

to compare intubating conditions and hemodynamic changes between bonfils intubation fiberscope and macintosh laryngoscopy without administering neuromuscular blocking drugs (nmbds). methods: in this randomized controlled trial,80 male and female patients, scheduled for elective surgery, aged 15 to 60 years, asa class ii or i, non-obese, non smokers, without anticipated difficult intubation; wer...

Although standard management of an expected difficult intubation is based on fibre-optic techniques, the application of optical laryngoscopes such as Airtraq is gaining widespread acceptance. We here describe a case where an intubation attempt with the Airtraq laryngoscope was not only unsuccessful, but negatively influenced subsequent use of a flexible fibroscopic approach.

OBJECTIVE Training students on simulators before allowing their direct contact with patients is well accepted. There is no clinical or manikin-based simulation study in the literature comparing tracheal intubation with Airtraq, laryngeal mask airway (LMA) CTrach and Macintosh laryngoscopes performed by medical students having no prior intubation experience. METHODS After obtaining written inf...

Background: Contamination of work surfaces by used laryngoscopes after endotracheal intubation is a serious infection control concern but no strategies are available to address it. We assessed if contamination the would be reduced when providers dedicated, self-erected, disposable plastic sleeve (BladePouch) store laryngoscope as compared using single gloves or double and sheathing with outer g...

Background and Aims: Complications arising from difficult or failed tracheal intubation still remains a leading cause of anaesthetic morbidity mortality.This has lead to development multiple novel laryngoscopes. This study was designed compare performance Airtraq optical laryngoscope with Huge Med Video for laryngeal visualisation endotracheal intubation. Material Methods: In this prospective r...