Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-t5tsf Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-10T13:07:26.023Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Airway management: “the times they are a-changin”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

George Kovacs
George Kovacs*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousive University, 1666 Edward Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3J3; gkovacs@dal.ca

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'

Keywords

airwayemergencyintubation
Type
Editorial • Commentary
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 6 , November 2013 , pp. 317 - 320
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2013

References

REFERENCES

1. Wang, HE, Yealy, DM. Out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation—it’s time to stop pretending that problems don—t exist. Acad Emerg Med 2005;12:1245.Google ScholarPubMed
2. Stiell, IG, Nesbitt, LP, Pickett, W, et al. OPALS Study Group. The OPALS Major Trauma Study: impact of advanced life-support on survival and morbidity. CMAJ 2008;178:1141–52.Google Scholar
3. Lecky, F, Bryden, D, Little, R, et al. Emergency intubation for acutely ill and injured patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2008;(2):CD001429.Google Scholar
4. Field, JM, Hazinski, MF, Sayre, MR, et al. Part 1: executive summary: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation 2010;122(18 Suppl 3):S640–56, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.970889.Google Scholar
5. Pandit, JJ, Popat, MT, Cook, TM, et al. The Difficult Airway Society ADEPT’ guidance on selecting airway devices: the basis of a strategy for equipment evaluation. Anaesthesia 2011;66:726–37, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06787.x.Google Scholar
6. Law, JA, Kovacs, G. Alternative intubation techniques. In: Kovacs, G, Law, JA, editors. Airway management in emergencies. 2nd ed. Shelton (CT): PMPH-USA; 2011. p. 101–36.Google Scholar
7. Greenland, KB, Segal, R, Acott, C, et al. Observations on the assessment and optimal use of videolaryngoscopes. Anaesth Intensive Care 2012;40:622–30.Google Scholar
8. Asai, T. Videolaryngoscopes: do they truly have roles in difficult airways? Anesthesiology 2012;116:515–7, doi:10.1097/ALN.0b013e318246e866.Google Scholar
9. Greenland, KB, Brown, AF. Evolving role of video laryngoscopy for airway management in the emergency department. Emerg Med Australas 2011;23:521–4, doi:10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01487.x.Google Scholar
10. Butchart, AG, Young, P. The learning curve for videolaryngoscopy. Anaesthesia 2010;65:1145–6; author reply 1146-7, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06522.x.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
11. Niforopoulou, P, Pantazopoulos, I, Demestiha, T, et al. Video-laryngoscopes in the adult airway management: a topical review of the literature. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2010;54:1050–61, doi:10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02285.x.Google Scholar
12. Griesdale, DE, Liu, D, McKinney, J, et al. Glidescope® videolaryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy for endotracheal intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Can J Anaesth 2012;59:41–52, doi:10.1007/s12630-011-9620-5.Google Scholar
13. Su, YC, Chen, CC, Lee, YK, et al. Comparison of video laryngoscopes with direct laryngoscopy for tracheal intubation: a meta-analysis of randomised trials. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2011;28:788–95, doi:10.1097/EJA.0b013e32834a34f3.Google Scholar
14. Griesdale, DE, Chau, A, Isac, G, et al., for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. [Video-laryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy in critically ill patients: a pilot randomized trial.] Can J Anaesth 2012 Aug 30. [Epub ahead of print]Google Scholar
15. Gladwell, M. Outliers: the story of success. New York; Little, Brown & Co.; 2008.Google Scholar
16. Mosier, JM, Stolz, U, Chiu, S, et al. Difficult airway management in the emergency department: GlideScope videolaryngoscopy compared to direct laryngoscopy. J Emerg Med 2012;42:629–34, doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.06.007.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
17. Walls, RM, Brown, CA 3rd, Bair, AE, Pallin, DJ, NEAR II Investigators. Emergency airway management: a multi-center report of 8937 emergency department intubations. J Emerg Med 2011;41:347–54, doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.02.024.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
18. Sagarin, MJ, Barton, ED, Chng, YM, et al. National Emergency Airway Registry Investigators. Airway management by US and Canadian emergency medicine residents: a multicenter analysis of more than 6,000 endotracheal intubation attempts. Ann Emerg Med 2005;46:328–36, doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.01.009.Google Scholar
19. Trimmel, H, Kreutziger, J, Fertsak, G, et al. Use of the Airtraq laryngoscope for emergency intubation in the prehospital setting: a randomized control trial. Crit Care Med 2011;39:489–93, doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e318206b69b.Google Scholar
20. Aziz, MF, Healy, D, Kheterpal, S, et al. Routine clinical practice effectiveness of the GlideScope in difficult airway management: an analysis of 2,004 GlideScope intubations, complications, and failures from two institutions. Anesthesiology 2011;114:34–41, doi:10.1097/ALN.0b013e3182023eb7.Google Scholar
21. Sharma, D. Is GlideScope the best way to intubate? Anesthesiology 2010;113:258–9, doi:10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181e0ef5c.Google Scholar
22. Levitan, RM, Heitz, JW, Sweeney, M, et al. The complexities of tracheal intubation with direct laryngoscopy and alternative intubation devices. Ann Emerg Med 2011;57:240–7, doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.05.035.Google Scholar
23. Chalkeidis, O, Kotsovolis, G, Kalakonas, A, et al. A comparison between the Airtraq and Macintosh laryngoscopes for routine airway management by experienced anesthesiologists: a randomized clinical trial. Acta Anaesthesiol Taiwan 2010;48:15–20, doi:10.1016/S1875-4597(10)60004-5.Google Scholar