Review article
https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2016.55.s1.11
Alternative Devices in Airway Visualization
Branka Maldini
orcid.org/0000-0001-9983-9049
; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Osijek, Croatia
Iljaz Hodžović
; Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Wales School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Tatjana Goranović
; School of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Osijek, Croatia; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Medicine, University Department for Tumors, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The Macintosh laryngoscope has been the most widely used device for intubation since its invention by Foregger in the 1940s. Recently, video and optic laryngoscopy assisted tracheal intubation has been used widely in patients with difficult airways. Their routine use, however, is not widely practiced. This review will summarize some of the newly available devices to assist tracheal intubation, with their advantages and disadvantages when compared with conventional laryngoscopes. It also presents the reasons to support their use in both elective and emergency airway management.
Keywords
Laryngoscopes; Fiber Optic Technology; Video Recording; Intubation, Intratracheal
Hrčak ID:
154949
URI
Publication date:
1.3.2016.
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