GlideScope Groove vs. Standard GlideScope: A Non-inferiority Study

Comparison of GlideScope Groove to Standard GlideScope for Orotracheal Intubation: A Non-inferiority Study

Patients presenting for elective surgery requiring orotracheal intubation will be randomized to being intubated with either the GlideScope Groove video-laryngoscope or the standard GlideScope video-laryngoscope.

See above. The primary outcome is time to intubation.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Any adult patient booked for elective surgery requiring orotracheal intubation.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Any patient with cervical spine abnormalities.
2. Any patients with known or probable difficult airways.
3. Any patient requiring rapid sequence induction.