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The Airway Scope is a rigid, indirect video laryngoscope that provides a non–line-of-sight view of the glottis by way of a camera and a color screen. Previous small trials have suggested that the Airway Scope is easy to use and is associated with less upper cervical spine motion than the Macintosh laryngoscope (JW Emerg Med Sep 28 2007). In the current study, the authors evaluated the performance of the Airway Scope in clinical anesthesia practice and compared glottic visualization between the Airway Scope and the Macintosh laryngoscope.
During a 1-year period, 320 adult patients who were scheduled for elective surgery underwent laryngoscopy, first with the Macintosh laryngoscope and then with the Airway Scope. All intubations were performed…