Videolaryngoscopy 2.0

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Videolaryngoscopy (VL) is great. For many reasons, it helps alleviate much of the stress associated with airway management. It’s probably fair to say that, were there enough to go around (perhaps, if money was no object), we’d all like to use VL to facilitate every tracheal intubation. Indeed, published airway recommendations are beginning to suggest exactly this, resources allowing.¹ This follows from the many studies and meta-analyses indicating that, compared with direct laryngoscopy (DL), VL is associated with increased tracheal intubation success and fewer complications. And many studies there are, with a PubMed search of the term “videolaryngoscopy” or “video laryngoscopy” currently yielding over 2900 results. …