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AUGUST 12, 2024

Significantly Fewer Intubation Attempts With Video Than Direct Laryngoscopy

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Kurt Ruetzler, MD

A new study by researchers at Cleveland Clinic may have definitively answered the question of which laryngoscope anesthesiologists should reach for during general anesthesia.

The investigation, published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association, concluded that among a broad cohort of adult surgical patients at the institution, hyperangulated video laryngoscopy (VL) significantly decreased the number of attempts needed to achieve endotracheal intubation