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Open Access
01-07-2015 | Correspondence
Can GlideScope® videolaryngoscope be an alternative to direct laryngoscopy for child and infant tracheal intubation during chest compression?
Authors:
Lukasz Szarpak, Lukasz Czyżewski, Andrzej Kurowski
Published in:
European Journal of Pediatrics
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Issue 7/2015
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Excerpt
In the article from Rodriguez-Nunez et al. entitled “Tracheal intubation of pediatric manikins during ongoing chest compressions. Does GlideScope® videolaryngoscope improve pediatric residents’ performance?” [
1], the authors conducted a study on the time taken to intubate children and infants using the GlideScope and Miller (MIL) laryngoscopes. Due to the small number of participants in the aforementioned trial and a lack of data concerning the effectiveness of individual attempts at endotracheal intubation (ETI), decided decision was made to conduct extended research on intubation using the GlideScope and Miller Laryngoscopes. …