title: Use of the McGrath videolaryngoscope in the management of difficult and failed tracheal intubation.
abstract: Difficult laryngoscopy and failed tracheal intubation are associated with complications which can be serious, and on occasion, life-threatening. We report three cases of difficult and failed tracheal intubation using a conventional Macintosh laryngoscope in which tracheal intubation was accomplished swiftly and easily using a new design of videolaryngoscope, the McGrath.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK. benshippey@mac.com
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shippey
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authors.lastname: Ray
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authors.lastname: McKeown
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014741:Video Recording