Use of Video Laryngoscopy Reduced Endotracheal Intubation Attempts

Use of hyperangulated video laryngoscopy reduced the number of attempts needed to achieve endotracheal intubation compared with direct laryngoscopy among adults undergoing elective or emergent surgical procedures, a cluster randomized trial showed.

At a single academic hospital, more than one intubation attempt was required in 1.7% of the procedures in which video laryngoscopy was used compared with 7.6% of procedures in which direct laryngoscopy was used, with an estimated proportional odds ratio for the number of intubation attempts of 0.20 (95% CI 0.14-0.28, P
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