title: Fibreoptic intubation. Influence of tracheal tube tip design.
abstract: A randomised study was carried out in 60 patients to assess the influence of tracheal tube tip design on the ease of railroading a tracheal tube during fibreoptic intubation. A new design of tracheal tube with a tapered tip, without a bevel, was compared with a tracheal tube of standard design. The new design was found to be greatly superior in both oro- and nasotracheal fibreoptic intubation, when compared with the traditional tracheal tube (p < 0.001). The shape of the tip of a tracheal tube is an important determinant of the ease of railroading the tube over an inserted fibrescope.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthetics, Guy's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004867:Equipment Design; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*