Randomized Trial of Video Laryngoscopy for Endotracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effect of video laryngoscopy on the rate of endotracheal intubation on first laryngoscopy attempt among critically ill adults.

Design

A randomized, parallel-group, pragmatic trial of video compared with direct laryngoscopy for 150 adults undergoing endotracheal intubation by Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellows.

Setting

Medical ICU in a tertiary, academic medical center.

Patients

Critically ill patients 18 years old or older.

Interventions

Patients were randomized 1:1 to video or direct laryngoscopy for the first attempt at endotracheal intubation.

Measurements and main results

Patients assigned to video (n = 74) and direct (n = 76) laryngoscopy were similar at baseline. Despite better glottic visualization with v

SUBMITTER: Janz DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5203695 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature