title: [Use of a new video-laryngoscope (GlideScope) in patients with a difficult airway].
abstract: We describe the clinical use of a new video-laryngoscope (GlideScope, GS) in patients with a difficult airway and morbid obesity. In 4 patients with a difficult airway, showing a Cormack-Lehane grade III view with Macintosh direct laryngoscope, the glottic opening (Cormack-Lehane grade I or II) was visualized with GS. In 2 patients, showing a Cormack-Lehane grade IV view with Macintosh direct laryngoscope, Cormack-Lehane grade II view of the glottic opening was obtained. GS also provided a good view of glottic opening in a patient with morbid obesity. GS will have a profound impact on the management of the difficult airway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hakozaki
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: Naho
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sata
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Kunihisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hotta
authors.forename: Norimasa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation*