ArticleCritical care (London, England)2019
Videolaryngoscopy in critically ill patients.
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- Video laryngoscopy may improve the intubation outcomes in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2025Pooled it
- Comparison of AirAngel® vs. Storz® videolaryngoscope and Macintosh® laryngoscope for endotracheal intubation training: prospective randomized crossover study.BMC medical education · 2024Trial
- Novel airway device Vie Scope in several pediatric airway scenario: A randomized simulation pilot trial.Medicine · 2020Trial
- [Video laryngoscopy in the intensive care unit-A current assessment].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2025Review
- Difficult Airway Management in the Intensive Care Unit: A Narrative Review of Algorithms and Strategies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Comparison of the Effectiveness of the Miller Laryngoscope and the McGrath-MAC Video Laryngoscope in Direct Visualization of the Glottic Opening.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Awake Tracheal Intubation Is Associated with Fewer Adverse Events in Critical Care Patients than Anaesthetised Tracheal Intubation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Difficult airway management: is prevent by using routine videolaryngoscopy better than cure?Annals of translational medicine · 2022Article
- How to improve intubation in the intensive care unit. Update on knowledge and devices.Intensive care medicine · 2022Review
- Impact of Macintosh blade size on endotracheal intubation success in intensive care units: a retrospective multicenter observational MacSize-ICU study.Intensive care medicine · 2022Observational
- Videolaryngoscopy for all intubations: Is direct laryngoscopy obsolete?Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2022Article
- Recent Advances in Videolaryngoscopy for One-Lung Ventilation in Thoracic Anesthesia: A Narrative Review.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
- Comparison of four channelled videolaryngoscopes to Macintosh laryngoscope for simulated intubation of critically ill patients: the randomized MACMAN2 trial.Annals of intensive care · 2021Article
- Oxygen reserve index for non-invasive early hypoxemia detection during endotracheal intubation in intensive care: the prospective observational NESOI study.Annals of intensive care · 2021Article
- Maximizing first pass success when intubating the critically ill patient: use a stylet!Intensive care medicine · 2021Article
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- Digital (Two-finger) versus Video Laryngoscopy for Nasogastric Tube Insertion in Intubated Patients; a Clinical Trial Study.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2021Article
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- Nationwide survey on training and device utilization during tracheal intubation in French intensive care units.Annals of intensive care · 2020Article
- Mechanical ventilation in patients with acute ischaemic stroke: from pathophysiology to clinical practice.Critical care (London, England) · 2019Review
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Abstract
Intubation is frequently required for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) but is associated with high morbidity and mortality mainly in emergency procedures and in the presence of severe organ failures. Improving the intubation procedure is a major goal for all ICU physicians worldwide, and videolaryngoscopy may play a relevant role.Videolaryngoscopes are a heterogeneous entity, including Macintosh blade-shaped optical laryngoscopes, anatomically shaped blade without a tube guide and anatomically shaped blade with a tube guide, which might have theoretical benefits and pitfalls. Videolaryngoscope/videolaryngoscopy improves glottis view and allows supervision by an expert during the intubation process; however, randomized controlled trials in the ICU suggest that the systematic use of videolaryngoscopes for every intubation cannot yet be recommended, especially in non-expert hands. Nevertheless, a videolaryngoscope should be available in all ICUs as a powerful tool to rescue difficult intubation or unsuccessful first-pass laryngoscopy, especially in expert hands.The use of associated devices such as bougie or stylet, glottis view needed (full vs incomplete) and patient position during intubation (ramped, sniffed position) should be further evaluated. Future trials will better define the role of videolaryngoscopy in ICU.
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