title: [GlideScope videolaryngoscope: a clinical assessment of its performance in 200 consecutive patients].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The GlideScope videolaryngoscope is a new device for endotracheal intubation, which provides a view of the glottis without alignment of the oral pharyngeal and tracheal axes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of the GlideScope in patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated the performance of the GlideScope" in 200 consecutive patients requiring orotracheal intubation for surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the 200 patients, excellent (Cormack-Lehane [C-L] view 1) or good (C-L 2) laryngeal exposure was obtained in 68% and 31% respectively and successful orotracheal intubation was achieved in all the patients. The mean +/- SD time to intubate was 51 +/- 20 seconds in trainees, 52 +/- 25 seconds in junior anesthesia residents, 48 +/- 18 seconds in senior anesthesia residents, and 50 +/- 18 seconds in staff anesthetists.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The GlideScope was easily handled not only by experienced anesthetists but also by novice personnel. The GlideScope seems to be a novel device in routine and difficult airway management.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke 329-0498.
authors: Yoshihiro
authors: Y
authors: Hirabayashi
authors: Takahiro
authors: T
authors: Hakozaki
authors: Kohji
authors: K
authors: Fujisawa
authors: Masaki
authors: M
authors: Yamada
authors: Hideo
authors: H
authors: Suzuki
authors: Masaaki
authors: M
authors: Satoh
authors: Kunihisa
authors: K
authors: Hotta
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Igarashi
authors: Naoyuki
authors: N
authors: Taga
authors: Norimasa
authors: N
authors: Seo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D008875:Middle Aged; D014741:Video Recording