Comparison of the McGrath MAC video laryngoscope and the Pentax Airwayscope during chest compression: a manikin study

We tested the utility of the McGrath MAC(®) (McG) video laryngoscope during chest compression compared with the Pentax Airwayscope(®) (AWS). We recruited 59 participants into the simulation study. The difference in the time to intubation (TTI [sec]) between without and with chest compression was sig...

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Autores principales: Kotera, Atsushi, Irie, Hiroki, Iwashita, Shinsuke, Taniguchi, Junichi, Kasaoka, Shunji, Kinoshita, Yoshihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4267463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25520833
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2052-0492-2-18
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Sumario:We tested the utility of the McGrath MAC(®) (McG) video laryngoscope during chest compression compared with the Pentax Airwayscope(®) (AWS). We recruited 59 participants into the simulation study. The difference in the time to intubation (TTI [sec]) between without and with chest compression was significant for the AWS attempts (median 13, range 6–28 vs. median 15, range 6–72, p = 0.0247) but not significant for the McG attempts (median 16, range 6–75 vs. median 16, range 6–71); however, the difference of the TTIs is not serious clinically. The utility of the two devices during chest compressions is almost similar although their characteristics are different.

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