Change in management of predicted difficult airways following introduction of video laryngoscopes

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World Journal of Anesthesiology

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World J Anesthesiol. Mar 27, 2018; 7(1): 1-9
Published online Mar 27, 2018. doi: 10.5313/wja.v7.i1.1

Table 3 Airway management n (%)

	Pre-VL	Post-VL
	Count (%)	Count (%)	P value
Grade (Cormack-Lehane view obtained)			0.014¹
1	86 (57)	149 (75)
2	43 (29)	28 (14)
3	19 (13)	16 (8)
4	2 (13)	5 (3)
Intubation method			< 0.0001¹
FOI	72 (37)	44 (19)	0.0093¹
VL	4 (2)	119 (51)	< 0.0001¹
DL	118 (2)	70 (30)	0.0005¹
Rapid sequence induction			0.1489
RSI	30 (17)	27 (12)
Rescue LMA used			0.7055
Yes	4 (17)	3 (1)
Patient left intubated			0.5467
Yes	24 (12)	25 (12)

¹Significantly different between Pre-VL and Post-VL groups. P value and odd ratio calculated with χ² test and Mantel-Haenszel χ² test. SD: Standard deviation; VL: Video laryngoscope; FOI: Fiberoptic Intubation; DL: Direct laryngoscopy; LMA: Laryngeal mask airway.

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Citation: Jarzebowski M, Rajagopal A, Austell B, Moric M, Buvanendran A. Change in management of predicted difficult airways following introduction of video laryngoscopes. World J Anesthesiol 2018; 7(1): 1-9
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5313/wja.v7.i1.1

Jarzebowski M, Rajagopal A, Austell B, Moric M, Buvanendran A. Change in management of predicted difficult airways following introduction of video laryngoscopes. World J Anesthesiol 2018; 7(1): 1-9 [DOI: 10.5313/wja.v7.i1.1]

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