The Pentax-AWS video-laryngoscope: the first experience in one hundred patients.
We studied the efficacy of the Pentax-AWS (Tokyo, Japan), a new portable, battery-operated video-laryngoscope, in 100 patients. It was possible to insert the blade of the Pentax-AWS and to see a full view of the glottis on the first attempt in 99 of 100 patients. In the remaining patient, insertion of the Pentax-AWS was abandoned because of a risk of damaging teeth that were already loose. Tracheal intubation was successful in 98 patients. The median time taken for tracheal intubation was 35 s (range, 5-120 s).
Asai
Takashi
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Department of Anesthesiology, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi City, Osaka, Japan. asait@takii.kmu.ac.jp
Enomoto
Yoshiro
Y
Shimizu
Keiko
K
Shingu
Koh
K
Okuda
Yasuhisa
Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005931:Glottis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation*