Features of new vision-incorporated third-generation video laryngeal mask airways

• Published in: Journal of clinical monitoring and computing Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 921 - 928
• Main Authors: Van Zundert, André A. J., Gatt, Stephen P., Van Zundert, Tom C. R. V., Kumar, Chandra M., Pandit, Jaideep J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anesthesiology; Body fluids; Critical Care Medicine; Editorial; Health Sciences; Insertion; Intensive; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Physical properties; Placement; Statistics for Life Sciences; Video equipment; Anaesthesia; Supraglottic airway device; Airway management; Videolaryngoscope; Complications

Numerous studies have shown that blindly inserted supraglottic airway devices (SADs) are sub-optimally placed in 50 to 80% of all cases. Placement under direct vision has been recommended. We describe the very first two new SADs of the third generation that incorporate a videoscope with flexible tip...