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• From the South East Scotland School of Anaesthesia, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh UK (NWW, ELD, ECP), Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care unit, Regional University Hospital of Montpellier, St-Eloi Hospital, University of Montpellier, PhyMedExp, Université de Montpellier, Inserm, CNRS, CHRU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France (ADJ), Department of Anesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland (PS), Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Juntendo University, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan (IK), Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Central Hospital of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (MP), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain (JZ), Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh, UK (CG), Western General and St Johns Hospitals, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh UK (AFMN).
• Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2024 Apr 1; 41 (4): 296304296-304.

BackgroundThe potential benefit of videolaryngoscopy use in facilitating tracheal intubation has already been established, however its use was actively encouraged during the COVID-19 pandemic as it was likely to improve intubation success and increase the patient-operator distance.ObjectivesWe sought to establish videolaryngoscopy use before and after the early phases of the pandemic, whether institutions had acquired new devices during the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether there had been teaching on the devices acquired.DesignWe designed a survey with 27 questions made available via the Joint Information Scientific Committee JISC online survey platform in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese. This was distributed through 18 anaesthetic and airway management societies.SettingThe survey was open for 54 to 90 days in various countries. The first responses were logged on the databases on 28 October 2021, with all databases closed on 26 January 2022. Reminders to participate were sent at the discretion of the administering organisations.ParticipantsAll anaesthetists and airway managers who received the study were eligible to participate.Main Outcome MeasuresVideolaryngoscopy use before the COVID-19 pandemic and at the time of the survey.ResultsWe received 4392 responses from 96 countries: 944/4336 (21.7%) were from trainees. Of the 3394 consultants, 70.8% (2402/3394) indicated no change in videolaryngoscopy use, 19.9% (675/3394) increased use and 9.3% (315/3393) reduced use. Among trainees 65.5% (618/943) reported no change in videolaryngoscopy use, 27.7% (261/943) increased use and 6.8% (64/943) reduced use. Overall, videolaryngoscope use increased by 10 absolute percentage points following the pandemic.ConclusionsVideolaryngoscopy use increased following the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic but this was less than might have been expected.Copyright © 2023 European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.

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