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Performance of the C-MAC video laryngoscope in patients after a limited glottic view using Macintosh laryngoscopy
T Piepho1, K Fortmueller, F M Heid
1Department of Anaesthesiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
Abstract:
We applied the C-MAC videolaryngoscope in 52 consecutive patients who were found to have an unexpected Cormack and Lehane grade-3 (n = 49) and grade-4 (n = 3) laryngeal view with the Macintosh laryngoscope. The glottic view improved in 49 (94%) patients using the C-MAC. Tracheal intubation was successful in 49 of 52 patients (94%). In one patient, tracheal intubation failed using the C-MAC despite the presence of a Cormack and Lehane grade-2. These results suggest that the C-MAC videolaryngoscope has a role as a rescue device in cases of an initially difficult laryngeal view.
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