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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