Jun 23

Routine VL in ICU intubations is faith based medicine

Video Laryngoscopy for Endotracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults: A Systemic Review and Meta-analysis

Jun 23

Comparison of five video-assisted intubation devices by novice and expert laryngoscopists for use in the aeromedical evacuation environment

Full article here as Open access!

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Mar 18

Glidescope VL no better than DL in soiled airway #ExpensiveDL

Contrary to urban myth, the GlideScope appears to function very well in the presence of an airway soiled with blood or vomit pic.twitter.com/0vESECCk0u

— AirwayMan (@JohnCSakles) March 17, 2017

Mar 18

VL and oesophagus

A new video from AOD! Seeing the esophagus during VL https://t.co/MHxhCcXDMe #intubation #anesthesia #anaesthesia #CRNA #ASA2017 pic.twitter.com/8eB4X9fvpV

— Will Rosenblatt, MD (@AirwayOnDemand) March 15, 2017

Mar 13

DL superior to VL on a glacier!

@drnmaharajan @ketaminh even evidence says that you maybe wrong at this moment…https://t.co/hWlWKhyWDy

— Juan Fco Morales (@medicis1976) March 13, 2017

Mar 10

Routine Video Laryngoscopy Use in the ICU Technologically Tempting, but Where’s the Evidence?

Routine Video Laryngoscopy Use in the ICU Technologically Tempting, but Where's the Evidence? https://t.co/bkEZsbMw3u #JAMA

— Anesthesiology News (@anesthesianews) March 9, 2017

Feb 23

Videolaryngoscopy and the search for the Holy Grail

Videolaryngoscopy and the search for the Holy Grail – https://t.co/YBsXViEjjP

— SAMHQGlobal (@SAMHQglobal) February 23, 2017

Feb 11

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Glidescope rescue after failed DL

Feb 10

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This is why DL still matters!

DL learning curve is 60-80, and more for mastery. This is why it still matters: pic.twitter.com/qZz2FJLfYa

— Sage Whitmore (@spwhitmore) February 9, 2017

Feb 10

CMAC VL may actually be useful in trauma

C-MAC video laryngoscopy using D-blade configuration minimizes head/neck movement in trauma pateints https://t.co/nicMQmC6tF

— Anesthesiology News (@anesthesianews) February 9, 2017

Jan 29

“The fallacy of video laryngoscopy”

Tales are often told of an exhausted travel who has lost their way in the desert, and are drawn astray by the the sight of a lush oasis. But as they draw close, their salvation vanishes only to reappear on the distant horizon. This optical tormentor continues to lead the hapless travelers further and further…

via CC Nerd-The Case of the Elusive Mirage — EMCrit

Jan 25

Read it and weep , DL haters

Video #laryngoscopy did not improve frequency of successful first-pass intubation in the ICU https://t.co/fsnx0P0PEg

— JAMA (@JAMA_current) January 24, 2017

Pragmatic studies essential in evaluation of any attractive #medicaltechnology https://t.co/5ffPDn8jt3

— JAMA (@JAMA_current) January 25, 2017

Dec 17

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Another RCT proves CMAC is just expensive DL!

Rapid Sequence Intubation Success Rates: CMAC Versus Direct Laryngoscopy https://t.co/64c9u6DwyV #ClevelandClinic

— Anesthesiology News (@anesthesianews) December 13, 2016

Dec 10