SynthesisCanadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2021
Comparison of videolaryngoscopy and direct laryngoscopy for tracheal intubation in obstetrics: a mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Video laryngoscopy as a teaching tool in direct intubation in undergraduate medical education - a randomized controlled trial.BMC medical education · 2026Trial
- Airway management in the obstetric patient: management strategyRevista colombiana de obstetricia y ginecologia · 2026Review
- All India Difficult Airway Association 2025 guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult airway in obstetrics under general anaesthesia.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
- Videolaryngoscopy for all: A global proposal for safer airway management.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
- General anesthesia for cesarean delivery: Israeli national survey.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2025Article
- Videolaryngoscopy as a primary intubation modality in obstetrics: A narrative review of current evidence.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2023Review
- New Devices, Innovative Technologies, and Non-Standard Techniques for Airway Management: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Effects of right stellate ganglion block combined with topical anesthesia on heart rate variability in awake patients receiving tracheal intubation.African health sciences · 2023Article
- Croatian national audit on videolaryngoscopes and alternative intubation devices in the era of COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2023Article
- Recent advances in obstetric anaesthesia and critical care.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2023Article
- General anesthesia for cesarean section: are we doing it well?Anesthesia and pain medicine · 2022Review
- 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
- Canadian Airway Focus Group updated consensus-based recommendations for management of the difficult airway: part 1. Difficult airway management encountered in an unconscious patient.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2021Article
- Videolaryngoscopy in anesthesia and perioperative medicine: innovations, challenges, and best practices.Brazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier)Article
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Abstract
purposeThe incidence of difficult and failed intubation is higher in obstetrical patients than in the general population because of anatomic and physiologic changes in pregnancy. Videolaryngoscopy improves the success rate of intubation and reduces complications when compared with direct laryngoscopy in adults; however, it is not known whether this extends to obstetrical surgery. The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy, efficiency, and safety of videolaryngoscopy compared with direct laryngoscopy in obstetrics. SOURCE: Central, CINAHL, Embase, MEDLINE and Web of Science databases were searched from inception to 27 May 2020 with no restrictions. Inclusion criteria included randomized-controlled trials (RCTs), observational studies, case series, and case reports that reported the application of videolaryngoscopy to intubate the trachea in pregnant patients having general anesthesia. PRINCIPAL
findingsOverall, four RCTs with 428 participants, nine observational studies, and 35 case reports/series with 100 participants were included. On meta-analysis of three trials, the co-primary outcomes of first-attempt success rate (risk ratio, 1.02; 95% confidence intervals [CI], 0.98 to 1.06; P = 0.29; I2 = 0%) and time to tracheal intubation (mean difference, 1.20 sec; 95% CI, -6.63 to 9.04; P = 0.76; I
conclusionsEvidence for the utility of videolaryngoscopy continues to evolve but supports its increased adoption in obstetrics where videolaryngoscopes should be immediately available for use as a first-line device.
trial registrationPROSPERO (CRD42020189521); registered 6 July 2020.
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