Cricoid Pressure Improves Glottic View with Truview EVO2 Laryngoscope

But only a bit, and, all views, with or without pressure, were excellent.

The Truview EVO2 laryngoscope has a steel blade that incorporates a telescope-like optical device to provide an indirect view of the vocal cords. A video camera can be attached to the proximal lens to provide video-monitoring capability. Researchers in New Delhi randomized 50 adult elective surgery patients to intubation with the Truview EVO2 laryngoscope either with or without cricoid pressure (CP). Patients who had predictors of difficult airways (body-mass index >30 kg/m², mouth opening <3 finger breadths, American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status >II, facial trauma) were excluded.

An observer blinded to the assignment viewed a video monitor and assessed the percentage of glottic opening (POGO) score (score range, 100% if the …

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Cheryl Lynn Horton, MD

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Cheryl Lynn Horton, MD

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Ron M. Walls, MD, FRCPC, FAAEM

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Ron M. Walls, MD, FRCPC, FAAEM

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Editorial boardsManual of Emergency Airway Management; Rosen's Emergency Medicine; UpToDate; Scientific American Medicine

Leadership positions in professional societiesAssociation of Academic Chairs in Emergency Medicine (President)