The Effects of the Levering Laryngoscope on the Laryngoscopic View / 대한마취과학회지
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
;
: 48-52, 1998.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-111774
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The effects of the levering laryngoscope (McCoy laryngoscope) on the laryngoscopic view classified by the Cormack and Lehane were investigated in this study.METHODS:
The laryngoscopic view with the levering laryngoscope blade in neutral and best position were recorded respectively and analysed statistically.RESULTS:
109 laryngoscopic views were grade 1 or 2 and 12 were grade 3 or 4 in the neutral position with the McCoy blade. Only three patients were grade 3 or 4 in its best position and the others grade 1 or 2. The reduction in the incidence of difficult laryngoscopic view (grade 3 or 4) using the levering laryngoscope in its best position was statistically significant (p<0.01).CONCLUSIONS:
Levering laryngoscope improves laryngoscopic view and also reduces the incidence of difficult intubation. So, we suggest that it is an useful instrument for the anesthesiologists in the difficult tracheal intubation.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Incidence
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Laryngoscopes
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Intubation
Type of study:
Incidence study
/
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
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