title: Airway management disasters in the ICU--lessons learned?
abstract: The C-MAC video laryngoscope substantially reduced poor glottic views and increased intubation success in ICU patients with at least one predictor for difficult intubation. However, all video-assisted and optical intubation devices have different view angles, thus producing different images with particular distortion, and even experts in 'old-fashioned' airway management need a substantial level of training with a certain device before using it safely and successfully in critical situations and patients. Video laryngoscopes, regardless of a particular brand or device, cannot be used intuitively - they require expert skills and routines to be turned into a life-saving airway management tool.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Byhahn
authors.forename: Erol
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cavus
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D020704:Laryngoscopes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male