TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of Pentax-AWS, glidescope cobalt, and macintosh laryngoscope in patients for nasotracheal intubation
AU - Hirabayashi, Yoshihiro
AU - Matoba, Atsuko
AU - Masaki, Eiji
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - Background: We compared the time for instrumentation in nasotracheal intubation using Pentax-AWS and Glidescope to that using the Macintosh laryngoscope in patients with normal airway. Methods: After local ethics board approval, 60 patients requiring dental or oral surgery were allocated randomly to Pentax-AWS, Glidescope and Macintosh groups. One experienced anesthesiologist performed nasotracheal intubation in all patients. Results: The times for instrumentation using Pentax-AWS and Glidescope, and Macintosh laryngoscope were 37 ± 12s, 33±9s, and 30 ± 12s, respectively. There were no differences among the three devices. Conclusions: When operated by experienced anesthesiologists, both Pentax-AWS and Glidescope showed similar performance for nasotracheal intubation compared with Macintosh laryngoscope in normal airway patients.
AB - Background: We compared the time for instrumentation in nasotracheal intubation using Pentax-AWS and Glidescope to that using the Macintosh laryngoscope in patients with normal airway. Methods: After local ethics board approval, 60 patients requiring dental or oral surgery were allocated randomly to Pentax-AWS, Glidescope and Macintosh groups. One experienced anesthesiologist performed nasotracheal intubation in all patients. Results: The times for instrumentation using Pentax-AWS and Glidescope, and Macintosh laryngoscope were 37 ± 12s, 33±9s, and 30 ± 12s, respectively. There were no differences among the three devices. Conclusions: When operated by experienced anesthesiologists, both Pentax-AWS and Glidescope showed similar performance for nasotracheal intubation compared with Macintosh laryngoscope in normal airway patients.
KW - Glidescope Cobalt
KW - Nasotracheal intubation
KW - Pentax-AWS
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M3 - Article
C2 - 23984572
AN - SCOPUS:84882436405
SN - 0021-4892
VL - 62
SP - 952
EP - 955
JO - Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology
JF - Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology
IS - 8
ER -