[Use of a new video-laryngoscope (GlideScope) in patients with a difficult airway].
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.
Hirabayashi
Yoshihiro
Y
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke.
Hakozaki
Takahiro
T
Fujisawa
Koji
K
Sata
Naho
N
Kataoka
Sachiko
S
Okada
Osamu
O
Yamada
Masaki
M
Hotta
Kunihisa
K
Seo
Norimasa
N
Ikeda
Kaori
K
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*