Effect of Laryngoscope Blade Size on First Pass Success of Tracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Adults
OBJECTIVES:. Tracheal intubation (TI) is a common procedure in critical care, often performed with a Macintosh curved blade used for direct laryngoscopy (DL). Minimal evidence informs the choice between Macintosh blade sizes during TI. We hypothesized that Macintosh 4 blade would have higher first-a...
Main Authors: | Kevin R. Landefeld, MD, Seiji Koike, MAS, Ran Ran, MD, Matthew W. Semler, MD, MSc, Christopher Barnes, MD, Susan B. Stempek, PA-C, MMSc, David R. Janz, MD, MSc, Todd W. Rice, MD, MSc, Derek W. Russell, MD, Wesley H. Self, MD, MPH, Derek Vonderhaar, MD, Jason R. West, MD, Jonathan D. Casey, MD, MSc, Akram Khan, MD, for the Pragmatic Critical Care Research Group, Adit A. Ginde, Sheetal Gandotra, Brian E. Driver, Matthew E. Prekker, Stacy Trent, David R. Janz, Derek W. Russell, Todd W. Rice, Wesley H. Self, Kevin Gibbs |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer
2023-03-01
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Series: | Critical Care Explorations |
Online Access: | http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000855 |
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