The law of unintended consequences: the crutch of video laryngoscopy

Affiliations

¹ Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA. Electronic address: senthilk@chop.edu.
² Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

Kumaran Senthil et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2023 Aug.

. 2023 Aug;11(8):e75-e76.

doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(23)00228-X. Epub 2023 Jun 26.

¹ Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA. Electronic address: senthilk@chop.edu.
² Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

Video laryngoscopy is not the nemesis of direct laryngoscopy.
Peyton JM, Park R, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz AG, Matava C, von Ungern-Sternberg BS, Stein ML, Kovatsis PG. Peyton JM, et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2023 Oct;11(10):e84. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(23)00331-4. Lancet Respir Med. 2023. PMID: 37798058 No abstract available.