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1: Br J Anaesth. 2008 Jan;100(1):116-9. Epub 2007 Oct 23.Click here to read Links

Use of the McGrath videolaryngoscope in the management of difficult and failed tracheal intubation.

Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK. benshippey@mac.com

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.

PMID: 17959584 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]