Effectiveness and safety of the Levitan FPS Scope™ for tracheal intubation under general anesthesia with a simulated difficult airway

• Published in: Canadian journal of anesthesia Vol. 59; no. 8; pp. 743 - 750
• Main Authors: Kok, Tracy, George, Ronald B., McKeen, Dolores, Vakharia, Narendra, Pink, Aaron
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.08.2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Anesthesia, General - methods; Anesthesiology; Cardiology; Critical Care Medicine; Cross-Over Studies; Female; General anesthesia; Glottis - metabolism; Humans; Intensive; Intubation; Intubation, Intratracheal - methods; Laryngoscopes - adverse effects; Laryngoscopy; Laryngoscopy - adverse effects; Laryngoscopy - methods; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Pain Medicine; Pediatrics; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Reports of Original Investigations; Success; Time Factors; Tracheal Intubation; Difficult Airway; Mean Arterial Blood Pressure; Macintosh Laryngoscope; Difficult Tracheal Intubation

Purpose Studies show that the Levitan FPS (first pass success) Scope™ (LFS) is analogous to a bougie in simulated difficult airways with comparable tracheal intubation success rates. In this study, the efficacy and safety of tracheal intubation with the LFS was compared with that of the Macintosh la...