title: [Glidescope: a comparison of percentage of glottic opening score between middle size and large size handles].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of the present study was to compare the percent of glottic opening score between middle-size (#3) and large-size (#4) handles during laryngoscopy using the GlideScope videolaryngoscope (GVL) in Japanese women.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 80 Japanese women receiving general anesthesia for surgical procedures, laryngoscopy was performed using GVL #3 handle and GVL #4 handle. We compared the percentage of glottic opening score between the two handles on each patient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The percentage of glottic opening score was higher with GVL #3 handle than with GVL #4 handle [66 +/- 28% (mean +/- SD), vs. 53 +/- 34%, P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of GVL #3 handle is recommended for tracheal intubation for Japanese women.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke 329-0498.
authors: Nobuhiro
authors: N
authors: Shimada
authors: Yoshihiro
authors: Y
authors: Hibayashi
authors: Norimasa
authors: N
authors: Seo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D044466:Asian People; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005931:Glottis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D008875:Middle Aged; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation*