• C Añez Simón, L Barbero Roldán, V Serrano Gonzalvo, C M Holgado Pascual, V Farre Nebot, and M I de Molina-Fernández.
• Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario de Tarragona Joan XXIII, Tarragona, España; ANESTARRACO Grupo de investigación de Anestestesiología y Reanimación del Institut d'Investigacions Sanitàries Pere Virgili (IISPV), Tarragona, España. Electronic address: cristobal_anez@urv.cat.
• Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim. 2016 Dec 1; 63 (10): 572-576.

ObjectiveThe aim of this observational prospective study was to evaluate the usefulness of TruviewPCD for tracheal intubation in clinical practice, and to provide data for future studies.Material And MethodA study was conducted on 86 consecutive children undergoing ear, nose and throat (ENT) or paediatric procedures under general anaesthesia with tracheal intubation. Children with two or more difficult airway criteria were excluded. A descriptive statistical analysis was performed.ResultsEighty-three patients were successfully intubated with TruviewPCD. Demographic data: Age 4.9 (2.8) years, weight 19.5 (7.7)kg. Seventy-nine children needed one attempt and four required two attempts at intubation. Time for glottis view and tracheal intubation was 10.8 (5.6) and 30 [27.9-37] seconds, respectively. Eighty-one patients were classified as easy or very easy to intubate, and only two cases were considered difficult. No significant complications were registered.ConclusionsTruviewPCD is a good device for paediatric airway management. It would be interesting to have an intermediate blade between size 1 and 2, as the difference between both is too wide.Copyright © 2016 Sociedad Española de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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