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Case Reports
Use of the McGrath videolaryngoscope in the management of difficult and failed tracheal intubation.
- B Shippey, D Ray, and D McKeown.
- Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK. benshippey@mac.com
- Br J Anaesth. 2008 Jan 1;100(1):116-9.
AbstractDifficult laryngoscopy and failed tracheal intubation are associated with complications which can be serious, and on occasion, life-threatening. We report three cases of difficult and failed tracheal intubation using a conventional Macintosh laryngoscope in which tracheal intubation was accomplished swiftly and easily using a new design of videolaryngoscope, the McGrath.
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