Pentax-AWS, a new videolaryngoscope, is more effective than the Macintosh laryngoscope for tracheal intubation in patients with restricted neck movements: a randomized comparative study
- 30 April 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 100 (4), 544-548
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aen002
Abstract
We studied whether laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation were easier when using the Pentax-AWS (Tokyo, Japan), a new videolaryngoscope, than when applying the Macintosh laryngoscope, during manual in-line neck stabilization.In 203 anaesthetized patients with manual in-line neck stabilization, we inserted the Pentax-AWS and a Macintosh laryngoscope, in turn, and recorded the view of the glottis and time taken to laryngoscopy. The success rate of tracheal intubation (within 120 s) and time to intubation were also recorded.The view of the glottis was significantly better with the Pentax-AWS than with the Macintosh laryngoscope (P<0.001). For the Macintosh laryngoscope, the view was obscured in 22 of 203 patients (11%) (Grade 3 in 21 patients and Grade 4 in one patient), whereas for the Pentax-AWS, the glottis was always clearly seen (Grade 1). Time taken to see the glottis with the Pentax-AWS [mean (sd): 6.0 (3.1) s] was significantly shorter than with the Macintosh laryngoscope [11.0 (5.0) s] (95% CI for difference: 4-6 s). The success rate of tracheal intubation with the Pentax-AWS (all of 99 patients) was significantly higher than with the Macintosh laryngoscope (93 of 104 patients) (P=0.001). Time taken for intubation was similar between the Macintosh laryngoscope [51 (27) s] and the Pentax-AWS [54 (14) s] (95% CI for difference: -9 to 3 s).In patients with stabilized neck, the Pentax-AWS provided a better view of the glottis and a higher success rate of tracheal intubation, compared with the conventional Macintosh laryngoscope.Keywords
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