Intubation With McGrath Video Laryngoscope and Boedeker Intubation Foreceps in a Population of Patients With Predictors of Difficult Airway

Intubation With McGrath Video Laryngoscope and Boedeker Intubation Foreceps in a Population of Patients With Predictors of Difficult Airway, an Observational Pilot Study

Tracheal intubation with videolaryngoscopes have been widely studied, and is now often used in the management of difficult airways.

Videolaryngoscopes with angulated blades can improve laryngeal view, however this does not always match with a higher intubation succes. To adress this matter the aim of this study is gathering experience with intubation with mcgrath videolaryngoscope and a blade-shape intubation foreceps (Boedeker intubation foreceps, Karl Storz, Germany).

The hypothesis is that intubation with this combination is easy and can be a good alternative when using the McGrath videolaryngoscope in patients with predictors of difficult airway.

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients scheduled for elective surgery
• age over 18 or more
• planned intubation with mcgrath videolaryngoscope
• informed conscent obtained
• patients are
• patients shall be able to read and understand Danish

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients planned to awake intubation
• stridor
• hypoxia defined by saturation under 90% without oxygen supply
• patients with oxygentreatment at home
• patients that need a wired tube
• patients that need a preshaped tube
• patients that need crash induction
• use of gastric tube