Hirabayashi Yoshihiro, Matoba Atsuko, Masaki Eiji
Department of Anesthesiology, International University of Health and Welfare Hospital, Nasushiobara 329-2763.
Masui. 2013 Aug;62(8):952-5.
We compared the time for instrumentation in nasotracheal intubation using Pentax-AWS and Glidescope to that using the Macintosh laryngoscope in patients with normal airway.
After local ethics board approval, 60 patients requiring dental or oral surgery were allocated randomly to Pentax-AWS, Glidescope and Macintosh groups. One experienced anesthesiologist performed nasotracheal intubation in all patients.
The times for instrumentation using Pentax-AWS and Glidescope, and Macintosh laryngoscope were 37 +/- 12s, 33 +/- 9s, and 30 +/- 12s, respectively. There were no differences among the three devices.
When operated by experienced anesthesiologists, both Pentax-AWS and Glidescope showed similar performance for nasotracheal intubation compared with Macintosh laryngoscope in normal airway patients.
