Evaluation of the Bullard laryngoscope using the new ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由SDCooper著作·1994·被引用105次—TheBullardlaryngoscope(BL)isanewdeviceformanagingthedifficultairway....usingthenewintubatingstylet:comparisonwithconventionallaryngoscopy.

The Bullard laryngoscope (BL) is a new device for managing the difficult airway. Previous publications on the BL are primarily descriptive, and fail to use internal controls (i.e., determine the best intubating mechanism) or external controls (i.e., compare the BL to a known standard such as conventional laryngoscopy). Therefore, we attempted to determine the best of four intubating mechanisms described for the BL (independently styletted endotracheal tube [ETT], the Bullard intubating forceps, an ETT with a directional tip or the new dedicated intubating stylet) and to determine whether time to successful intubation with the BL using the best intubating mechanism correlates with conventional grade of laryngoscopic view. The new intubating stylet provided the optimal intubating method; fewer attempts were required (1.1 vs 1.7, P = 0.005), and it took less time to successful tracheal intubation (39 +/- 34 s vs 83 +/-...