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ArticleJournal of anesthesia2008

In-line head and neck position is preferable for tracheal intubation with the Airtraq laryngoscope compared to the sniffing position.

Yoshihiro Hirabayashi, Norimasa Seo

Abstract readComparative Study
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Article in Journal of anesthesia, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yoshihiro HirabayashiDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
Norimasa Seo
Jichi Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to determine which position, the in-line head and neck position or the sniffing position, was preferable for tracheal intubation with the Airtraq laryngoscope. In all, 20 anesthetists performed tracheal intubations on a manikin with either an in-line head and neck position or the sniffing position. There were no differences in the success rate and the time to intubation between the two positions. The overall number of teeth clicks was lower in the in-line head and neck position than in the sniffing position (P < 0.05). The score for preference of position, on a visual analogue scale, was better for the in-line head and neck position than for the sniffing position (P < 0.01). We concluded that the in-line head and neck position was preferable for tracheal intubation with the Airtraq laryngoscope compared to the sniffing position.

Indexed as

PostureHeadIntubation, IntratrachealLaryngoscopesManikinsNeck

Identifiers

PMID18500621
OpenAlexW2147690834

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