Randomized Evaluation of the Performance of Single-Use Laryngoscopes in Simulated Easy and Difficult Intubation
Randomized Evaluation of the Performance of Single-Use Laryngoscopes in Simulated Easy and Difficult Intubation
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一次性喉镜模拟易难插管性能的随机评价
DOI:
10.1097/01.sa.0000108472.38017.15
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发表时间:
2004
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C. Bailey
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C. Bailey
There is increasingly greater use of single-use laryngoscopes. Six types of single-use laryngoscopes were compared with the standard Macintosh laryngoscope using the Laerdal SimMan™ patient simulator. Twenty anesthetists tried to intubate the simulator with standardized airway settings, allowing a full view of the vocal cords (" easy intubation"). The airway settings were then changed so that only the posterior part of the glottis was visible (" difficult intubation"), and the anesthetists were asked to intubate the simulator again. The time to intubate with the standard laryngoscope was less in both easy and difficult intubations. The performance of five laryngoscopes during easy intubation and four during difficult intubation was markedly worse than that of the Macintosh. There was a marked difference in Cormack and Lehane grading between the laryngoscopes tested in both easy and difficult intubation. The percentage of glottic opening visible (POGO score) also varied between laryngoscopes in both the easy (P< 0.01) and difficult (P< 0.001) groups. The highest POGO scores were obtained with the Macintosh laryngoscopes. During the difficult intubation simulation, the reusable Macintosh laryngoscope required less use of a bougie and resulted in fewer failed intubations than the single-use laryngoscopes, but the differences did not reach statistical significance. Among the laryngoscopes tested, the standard reusable Macintosh laryngoscopes performed best. The Europa™ was the best single-use laryngoscope. Some single-use laryngoscopes were markedly inferior to the Macintosh, which raises concern over their use in clinical practice, especially if intubation is difficult.