Despite becoming a widespread practice, routine use of video laryngoscopy in the ICU is not supported by the evidence. This is the argument made in a recent editorial in JAMA, titled “Video Laryngoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit: Seeing Is Believing, but That Does Not Mean It’s True.”
The editorial, by Brian O’Gara, MD, et al (JAMA 2017 Jan 24. [Epub ahead of print]), comments on the results of a multicenter trial conducted at seven hospitals in France, which was