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Videolaryngoscopy 2.0
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Open AccessCanadian Airway Focus Group updated consensus-based recommendations for management of the difficult airway: part 2. Planning and implementing safe management of the patient with an anticipated difficult airway
Since the last Canadian Airway Focus Group (CAFG) guidelines were published in 2013, the published airway management literature has expanded substantially. The CAFG therefore re-convened to examine this litera...
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Open AccessCanadian Airway Focus Group updated consensus-based recommendations for management of the difficult airway: part 1. Difficult airway management encountered in an unconscious patient
Since the last Canadian Airway Focus Group (CAFG) guidelines were published in 2013, the literature on airway management has expanded substantially. The CAFG therefore re-convened to examine this literature an...
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A systematic review of meta-analyses comparing direct laryngoscopy with videolaryngoscopy
In the preceding 20 years, many randomized-controlled trials and meta-analyses have compared direct Macintosh laryngoscopy with videolaryngoscopy. The videolaryngoscope blades have included both traditional Ma...
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Calculation of air change rates and post-aerosol pause times for a COVID-19 airway management enclosure
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The videoscopic view may not be significantly superior to the directly sighted peroral view during Macintosh-style videolaryngoscopy: a randomized equivalence cadaver trial
Videolaryngoscopy is widely believed to give a superior view to that obtained by direct laryngoscopy. Published literature suggests this benefit extends to both hyper-angulated and Macintosh-style videolaryngo...
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Obstructing pathology of the upper airway in a post-NAP4 world: time to wake up to its optimal management
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Airway management outside the operating room: how to better prepare
Airway management outside the operating room is associated with increased risks compared with airway management inside the operating room. Moreover, airway management—whether in the intensive care unit, emergency...
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In reply: Deliberately restricted laryngeal view with GlideScope® video laryngoscope: ramifications for airway research and teaching
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A deliberately restricted laryngeal view with the GlideScope® video laryngoscope is associated with faster and easier tracheal intubation when compared with a full glottic view: a randomized clinical trial
During video laryngoscopy (VL) with angulated or hyper-curved blades, it is sometimes difficult to complete tracheal intubation despite a full view of the larynx. When using indirect VL, it has been suggested ...
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Deficiencies in locating the cricothyroid membrane by palpation: We can’t and the surgeons can’t, so what now for the emergency surgical airway?
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In reply: No reduction in fibreoptic intubation rates with universal video laryngoscopy
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The complications of awake tracheal intubation
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The incidence, success rate, and complications of awake tracheal intubation in 1,554 patients over 12 years: an historical cohort study
Awake tracheal intubation is one recommended option to address select situations in the management of a patient with an anticipated difficult airway. A scarcity of data exists on how often awake intubation is ...
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From the Journal archives: Mallampati in two millennia: its impact then and implications now
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Open AccessThe difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 1 – Difficult tracheal intubation encountered in an unconscious/induced patient
Previously active in the mid-1990s, the Canadian Airway Focus Group (CAFG) studied the unanticipated difficult airway and made recommendations on management in a 1998 publication. The CAFG has since reconvened...
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Open AccessThe difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 2 – The anticipated difficult airway
Appropriate planning is crucial to avoid morbidity and mortality when difficulty is anticipated with airway management. Many guidelines developed by national societies have focused on management of difficulty ...
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Failure of both suction catheter passage and bronchoscopy to diagnose an obstructing tracheal mucus plug
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Brief review: Supplementing oxygen through an airway exchange catheter: efficacy, complications, and recommendations
An airway exchange catheter (AEC) may be employed as a conduit for endotracheal tube placement and for oxygen insufflation or jet ventilation via its lumen. The recent barotrauma-related death of a young healt...
