ArticleBritish journal of anaesthesia2022
Has the time really come for universal videolaryngoscopy?
Article in British journal of anaesthesia, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Safer prehospital anaesthesia: updated guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists.Anaesthesia · 2026Guideline
- 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
- AI-assisted videolaryngoscopy improves intubation success: results from a randomized simulation trial.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2026Trial
- Grading systems for tracheal intubation using videolaryngoscopy.BJA education · 2025Review
- Investigating obstacles to the routine use of videolaryngoscopy: A national survey in Scotland.European journal of anaesthesiology and intensive care · 2025Article
- Airway management in critically ill patients.BJA education · 2025Review
- Video laryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy in a UK pre-hospital physician/critical care paramedic helicopter emergency medical service.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Strategies to reduce the risk of unrecognised oesophageal intubation: a survey of Difficult Airway Society members.BJA open · 2025Article
- Current airway management practice among Swiss anesthesiologists : Results of a national survey.Die Anaesthesiologie · 2025Article
- Comparison of Macintosh Laryngoscope, King VisionJournal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Macintosh-style videolaryngoscope use for tracheal intubation in elective surgical patients revisited: a sub-analysis of the 2022 Cochrane review data.Patient safety in surgery · 2024Article
- Airway Management: The Current Role of Videolaryngoscopy.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
- Universal C-MAC® videolaryngoscope use in adult patients: a single-centre experience.Anaesthesia reportsArticle
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Abstract
Recent evidence, highlighted in this editorial, creates a strong argument for universal use of videolaryngoscopy in anaesthesia to improve efficiency and safety of tracheal intubation. In a recent study published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, the authors implemented widespread (66%) use of videolaryngoscopy as first choice in one hospital and compared this with a control hospital, in which this was not implemented. Increased videolaryngoscopy use was associated with a significant fall in the rate of difficult airways, use of airway rescue techniques, and operator-reported difficulty, whilst in the control hospitals no such changes were seen. Locations outside the operating theatre might also benefit from universal laryngoscopy, but the evidence base is less robust, most notably in pre-hospital emergency medicine. The extent to which variation in results in different locations is attributable to different patient factors or organisational and operator factors is considered.
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