ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2023
Airway Management: The Current Role of Videolaryngoscopy.
Review in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07600502 (McGrath X-blade Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
McGrath X-blade Study
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.
- Videolaryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy for teaching direct laryngoscopy skills: a systematic review and meta-analysis.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Pooled it
- Comparison of the Effect of Left Head Rotation versus the Direct Epiglottis Lifting Technique on Glottic View during C-MAC Videolaryngoscopy in Patients with Difficult Airway.Annals of African medicine · 2026Trial
- Hyper-angulated (Glidescope) versus intermediate-angled (UED-A) videolaryngoscopy for routine tracheal intubation in adults: a prospective randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Comparison of functional features and user experience with different types of video laryngoscopes when used on neonatal manikins.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2026Observational
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- Airway coach project: development of a machine learning-based model using clinical and ultrasound parameters to support videolaryngoscopy strategy.BMC anesthesiology · 2026Observational
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- Perioperative predictors of critical care admission following emergency surgical procedures: a comprehensive evaluation of anesthesia management.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2026Article
- Awake Tracheal Intubation Using the ProVu™ Video Stylet in a Patient With Difficult Airway Due to Acromegaly.Cureus · 2026Article
- Airway management complications: an audit from a large tertiary hospital: A single-centre study.European journal of anaesthesiology and intensive care · 2026Article
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- Deceptively Challenging Airway Management in a CHARGE Syndrome Patient Despite Careful Preoperative Anticipation: A Case Report.Case reports in medicine · 2026Article
- Human Factors in Airway Management: Designing Systems for Safer, Team-Based Care.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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- Ramped versus sniffing position for videolaryngoscopy-guided tracheal intubation in adult patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
- Video analysis of neonatal intubations using video laryngoscopy: a prospective comparison of clinical practice with resuscitation guidelines.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2025Article
- Airway Management in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery: A Narrative Review of Current Techniques and Considerations.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Hyperangulated videolaryngoscopy.BJA education · 2025Review
- Lateral Positioning and Airway Management in Penetrating Abdominal Trauma: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Airway management is usually an uncomplicated and safe intervention; however, when problems arise with the primary airway technique, the clinical situation can rapidly deteriorate, resulting in significant patient harm. Videolaryngoscopy has been shown to improve patient outcomes when compared with direct laryngoscopy, including improved first-pass success at tracheal intubation, reduced difficult laryngeal views, reduced oxygen desaturation, reduced airway trauma, and improved recognition of oesophageal intubation. The shared view that videolaryngoscopy affords may also facilitate superior teaching, training, and multidisciplinary team performance. As such, its recommended role in airway management has evolved from occasional use as a rescue device (when direct laryngoscopy fails) to a first-intention technique that should be incorporated into routine clinical practice, and this is reflected in recently updated guidelines from a number of international airway societies. However, currently, overall videolaryngoscopy usage is not commensurate with its now widespread availability. A number of factors exist that may be preventing its full adoption, including perceived financial costs, inadequacy of education and training, challenges in achieving deliverable decontamination processes, concerns over sustainability, fears over "de-skilling" at direct laryngoscopy, and perceived limitations of videolaryngoscopes. This article reviews the most up-to-date evidence supporting videolaryngoscopy, explores its current scope of utilisation (including specialist techniques), the potential barriers preventing its full adoption, and areas for future advancement and research.
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