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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2013 Aug;62(8):952-5.

[Comparison of Pentax-AWS, GlideScope Cobalt, and Macintosh laryngoscope in patients for nasotracheal intubation]

[Article in Japanese]
Yoshihiro Hirabayashi  1 , Atsuko Matoba, Eiji Masaki
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  • PMID: 23984572
Randomized Controlled Trial

[Comparison of Pentax-AWS, GlideScope Cobalt, and Macintosh laryngoscope in patients for nasotracheal intubation]

[Article in Japanese]
Yoshihiro Hirabayashi et al. Masui. 2013 Aug.

Abstract

Background: We compared the time for instrumentation in nasotracheal intubation using Pentax-AWS and Glidescope to that using the Macintosh laryngoscope in patients with normal airway.

Methods: After local ethics board approval, 60 patients requiring dental or oral surgery were allocated randomly to Pentax-AWS, Glidescope and Macintosh groups. One experienced anesthesiologist performed nasotracheal intubation in all patients.

Results: The times for instrumentation using Pentax-AWS and Glidescope, and Macintosh laryngoscope were 37 +/- 12s, 33 +/- 9s, and 30 +/- 12s, respectively. There were no differences among the three devices.

Cconclusions: When operated by experienced anesthesiologists, both Pentax-AWS and Glidescope showed similar performance for nasotracheal intubation compared with Macintosh laryngoscope in normal airway patients.

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