Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Gerard Ariotti

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• Research Article
  Randomised Controlled Trial of Portex Tracheal Tube and Frova Intubating Introducers used with the GlideScope Videolaryngoscope in Simulated Difficult Intubation
  Author(s): Palvannan Sivalingam, Gerard Ariotti and Catherine Jowett Palvannan Sivalingam, Gerard Ariotti and Catherine Jowett
  
  Background: A ‘bougie’ may be less traumatic than the GlideScope-specific intubating stylet during videolaryngoscopy-guided intubation, but no comparative studies of bougies have been performed. Study objective: To compare the Portex tracheal tube introducer (PTTI) and Frova intubating introducer (FII) used with the GlideScope videolaryngoscope in simulated difficult intubation. Design: Randomised controlled study. Setting: A metropolitan tertiary referral and teaching hospital in Brisbane, Australia. The study was conducted from August 2011 to July 2013. Patients: Forty patients with American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) grade 1 or 2 physical status who required tracheal intubation for elective surgery were randomly assigned to two equal groups. All completed the study. Those with known or suspected difficult intubation, cervical spine injury, raised intracranial p.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000644

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