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Performance of the C-MAC video laryngoscope in patients after a limited glottic view using Macintosh laryngoscopy

K. FortmuellerIrene SchmidtmannChristian WernerF. HeidTim PiephoRuediger R. Noppens

subject

Video recordingmedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industrymedicine.medical_treatmentTracheal intubationLaryngoscopyVideo laryngoscopeSurgeryAnesthesiology and Pain MedicineLaryngoscopesAnesthesiamedicineIntubationIn patientbusiness

description

We applied the C-MAC videolaryngoscope in 52 consecutive patients who were found to have an unexpected Cormack and Lehane grade-3 (n = 49) and grade-4 (n = 3) laryngeal view with the Macintosh laryngoscope. The glottic view improved in 49 (94%) patients using the C-MAC. Tracheal intubation was successful in 49 of 52 patients (94%). In one patient, tracheal intubation failed using the C-MAC despite the presence of a Cormack and Lehane grade-2. These results suggest that the C-MAC videolaryngoscope has a role as a rescue device in cases of an initially difficult laryngeal view.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2011-08-25Anaesthesia
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06872.x