HELP-VDL: study protocol for a multicentre, open, randomised, controlled clinical trial comparing the use of the head-elevated laryngoscopy position and the use of a videolaryngoscope to facilitate orotracheal intubation in a patient population without predictable difficulty of intubation
Introduction Tracheal intubation remains an everyday challenge for anaesthesiologists, even in patients without suspected difficult airways. The ideal positioning of the patient’s head (flat, raised a few centimetres on a cushion in the sniffing position (SP), or raised to achieve horizontal alignme...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2020-07-01
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| Series: | BMJ Open |
| Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/7/e036570.full |