The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · Aug 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialEffect of video laryngoscopy on trauma patient survival: a randomized controlled trial.
Many resuscitation scenarios include the use of emergency intubation to support injured patients. New video-guided airway management technology is available, which may minimize the risk to patients from this procedure. ⋯ Use of the GlideScope did not influence survival to hospital discharge among all patients and was associated with longer intubation times than direct laryngoscopy. Among the video laryngoscope cohort, a smaller subgroup of severe head injury trauma patients identified retrospectively seemed to be associated with a greater incidence of hypoxia of 80% or less and mortality.