Tracheal intubation with the AirwayScope™ videolaryngoscope using straight vs curved reinforced tubes

Advantage of Parker Flex-tip Tube™ in endotracheal intubation using AirwayScope™ videolaryngoscope

“…However, there is no evidence to the advantage of their means of inserting the blade tip of the AWS behind the epiglottis in patients with difficulty. Indeed, it is crucial to examine such an advantage only in patients with unsuccessful endotracheal intubation using the AWS at the first attempt [2]. Therefore, we must await additional studies to confirm the conclusion drawn by Suzuki et al…”

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“…Our experience and the literature suggest that selection of the ETT types is important for successful tracheal intubation with the AWS, because the direction of ETT advancement from the guiding channel is defined by the configuration of the guiding channel and ETT angulation [2,5]. The direction of ETT advancement from the guiding channel differs between the different ETTs [6,7]. Also, the target mark was really designed for preformed curved polyvinyl chloride (PVC) ETTs.…”

Use of a Parker Flex-Tip tube to facilitate tracheal intubation with the Airway Scope

“…Our experience and the literature suggest that selection of the ETT types is important for successful tracheal intubation with the AWS, because the direction of ETT advancement from the guiding channel is defined by the configuration of the guiding channel and ETT angulation [2,5]. The direction of ETT advancement from the guiding channel differs between the different ETTs [6,7]. Also, the target mark was really designed for preformed curved polyvinyl chloride (PVC) ETTs.…”