Recent trends in airway management: we are not ready to give up fiberoptic endoscopy [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/35y]

Abstract

The purpose of this correspondence is to discuss recent findings related to current trends in airway management and to discuss the utilization rates of video laryngoscopes versus traditional techniques in USA, UK, and Canada. To highlight the increased use of video laryngoscopes in difficult airway situations, data on the use of alternative airway devices at our institution collected from 2008 to 2010 are presented alongside the results of previously published surveys collected from 2002 to 2013.

Keywords

• Airway/Respiratory Physiology