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In cardiac surgery patients, the McGRATH™ MAC video laryngoscope is associated with a higher rate of successful intubation on the first attempt, improved glottic views, reduced need for additional airway devices during intubation, and a lower reported difficulty level by the operator compared to the standard Macintosh laryngoscope.

Tracheal intubation with a McGRATH™ MAC video laryngoscope with a Macintosh blade resulted in a higher first-pass success rate than DL for both elective and urgent surgeries in patients at increased risk of pulmonary aspiration. These findings suggest that the McGRATH™ MAC VL is superior to a conventional direct laryngoscopy (DL) for rapid sequence intubation in the operating theatre.

These guidelines recommend having a video laryngoscope available and the necessary expertise in every location where airway management is performed.

In this registry-based analysis, videolaryngoscopy (VL) for intubation at out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCS) was associated with better neurological outcomes:
• Significantly higher rate of hospital discharge/30-day survival rate among the VL group
• Suggests VL use as the first choice in prehospital airway management as utilisation was only 10-12%

This study demonstrates that awake tracheal intubation (using X-Blade) was associated with a lower incidence of severe adverse events than anaesthetised tracheal intubation (standard VL and DL).

This multicenter randomised controlled trial study demonstrates that using McGRATH™ MAC video laryngoscopy compared with direct laryngoscopy improves first-pass tracheal intubation success in elective surgery patients.1 Therefore, practitioners may consider using this device as the first choice for tracheal intubation.

This systematic review helped to demonstrate that there is moderate evidence that VL reduces:
o Failed intubation by 41%
o Hypoxemia by 72%
o Difficult glottic view by 38%
 

A detailed review that describes the decision-making and implementation process at the CHRU Montpellier regarding the choice of “Macintosh”videolaryngoscopes. The aim of the project was to compare the performance of 4 Macintosh-VL both in direct and indirect laryngoscopy.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, airway management guidelines in many countries have recommended VL be use as first line for all patients requiring intubation. A view on the future of VL.

Study that reviews the duration of laryngoscopy and intubation as well as Cormack-Lehane grading to determine number of attempts and optimisation maneuvers.