Anaes Vivas · Airway management & difficult airway
Equipment viva — the videolaryngoscope
An equipment viva on the videolaryngoscope — the principle (a camera at the blade tip that removes the need for a direct line of sight), its place in the DAS Plan A, and the evidence (the Cochrane review and the INTUBE study) that it improves the view without abolishing difficulty.
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Prompt
A videolaryngoscope (a hyperangulated blade with an integrated camera displayed on a screen) and a standard Macintosh direct laryngoscope.
Stimulus
A videolaryngoscope — a laryngoscope with a camera or prism at the tip of the blade, the image displayed on a screen — alongside a standard Macintosh direct laryngoscope. The examiner asks you to describe the device, its advantages and limitations, and the evidence for its use.[13]
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- [11]Lewis SR, Butler AR, Parker J, Cook TM, Schofield-Robinson OJ, Smith AF. Videolaryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy for adult patients requiring tracheal intubation: a Cochrane Systematic Review. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2017.PMID 28969318
- [12]Russotto V, Lascarrou JB, Tassistro E, et al. Efficacy and adverse events profile of videolaryngoscopy in critically ill patients: subanalysis of the INTUBE study. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2023.PMID 37208282
- [13]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.