Are we there yet? The long journey of videolaryngoscopy into the mainstream

J Hansel^{1

2}, K El-Boghdadly^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Acute Intensive Care Unit, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
² Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³ Department of Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ King's College, London, UK.

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J Hansel et al. Anaesthesia. 2023 Aug.

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. 2023 Aug;78(8):931-936.

doi: 10.1111/anae.16057. Epub 2023 Jun 16.

J Hansel^{1

2}, K El-Boghdadly^{3

4}

¹ Acute Intensive Care Unit, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
² Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³ Department of Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ King's College, London, UK.

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Keywords: airway management; tracheal intubation; trial sequential analysis; videolaryngoscopy.

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A multicentre randomised controlled trial of the McGrath™ Mac videolaryngoscope versus conventional laryngoscopy.
Kriege M, Noppens RR, Turkstra T, Payne S, Kunitz O, Tzanova I, Schmidtmann I; EMMA Trial Investigators Group. Kriege M, et al. Anaesthesia. 2023 Jun;78(6):722-729. doi: 10.1111/anae.15985. Epub 2023 Mar 16. Anaesthesia. 2023. PMID: 36928625 Clinical Trial.

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