A comparison of the STORZ video laryngoscope and standard direct laryngoscopy for intubation in the Pediatric airway – a randomized clinical trial

Introduction:  Direct laryngoscopy can be challenging in infants and neonates. Even with an optimal line of sight to the glottic opening, the viewing angle has been measured at 15°. The STORZ DCI video laryngoscope (Karl Storz, Tuttlingen, Germany) incorporates a fiberoptic camera in the light source of a standard laryngoscope of variable sizes. The image is displayed on a screen with a viewing angle of 80°. We studied the effectiveness of the STORZ DCI as an airway tool compared to standard direct laryngoscopy in children with normal airway.
Methods:  In this prospective, randomized study, 56 children (ages 4 years or younger) undergoing elective surgery with the need for endotracheal intubation were divided into two groups: children who underwent standard direct laryngoscopy using a Miller 1 or Macintosh 2 blade (DL) and children who underwent video laryngoscopy using the STORZ DCI video laryngoscope with a Miller 1 blade (VL). Time to best view (TTBV), time to intubate (TTI), Cormack–Lehane (CL), and percentage of glottis opening seen (POGO) score were recorded.
Results:  TTBV in DL was 5.5 (4–8) s and 7 (4.2–9) s in VL. TTI in DL was 21 (17–29) s and in VL 27 (22–37) s ( P  = 0.006). The view as assessed by POGO score was 97.5% (60–100%) in DL and 100% (100–100%) in the VL ( P  = 0.003). Data are presented as median and interquartile range and analyzed using t -test.
Discussion:  This study demonstrates that the STORZ DCI video laryngoscope provides an improved view to the glottis in children with normal airway anatomy, but requires a longer time for intubation.     

Tosight视频喉镜在Klippel-Feil综合征患儿气管插管中的应用

目的探讨Tosight视频喉镜在Klippel-Feil综合征(KFS)患儿气管插管中的应用效果。方法 20例KFS患儿,年龄4~12岁,ASAⅡ或Ⅲ级,随机均分为两组:Tosight可视喉镜组(T组)和Macintosh喉镜组(M组)。记录喉镜下喉部显露分级(Cormack-Lehane分级)、气管插管时间、气管插管次数、插管成功率和并发症发生情况。结果 T组全部完成气管插管,M组完成6例气管插管。T组气管插管时间明显短于、插管次数明显少于M组(P0.05)。两组患儿均无严重并发症发生。结论 Tosight视频喉镜用于KFS患儿气管插管操作简单,声门暴露清晰,插管成功率高,插管时间短,优于Macintosh喉镜。     

HC可视喉镜在新生儿唇裂手术的应用

目的探讨HC可视喉镜在新生儿唇裂手术气管插管时的临床效果和安全性。方法择期行全麻下唇裂修补手术患儿52例,男32例,女20例,出生1~28d,体重2.6~4.8kg,ASAⅠ或Ⅱ级,随机均分为普通喉镜组(A组)和HC可视喉镜组(B组)。静注咪达唑仑0.1mg/kg、芬太尼2~4μg/kg、罗库溴铵快速麻醉诱导,吸入1%~3%七氟醚维持麻醉。术中连续监测BP、HR、SpO2和PETCO2。记录患儿声门暴露情况、一次插管成功率和插管时间,以及并发症情况。结果与A组比较,B组声门暴露率、一次插管成功率差异无统计学意义,但气管插管时间明显缩短(P0.05)。插管时及拔管后两组均未见明显并发症。结论 HC可视喉镜可以安全地应用于新生儿唇裂手术的气管插管,缩短气管插管时间。     

可视喉镜联合纤维支气管镜在声门显露困难患者双腔支气管插管中的应用

目的探讨GlideScope可视喉镜联合纤维支气管镜引导在声门显露困难患者双腔支气管插管中的应用。方法选择择期行胸科手术患者40例,男24例,女16例,年龄24~78岁,ASAⅠ或Ⅱ级,MallampatiⅢ或Ⅳ级,随机分为GlideScope可视喉镜组(GF组)和Macintosh喉镜组(M组),每组20例。GF组运用可视喉镜联合纤维支气管镜引导进行支气管插管及对位;M组运用传统方法(先用Macintosh喉镜插管,再使用纤维支气管镜对位)。记录患者喉镜下声门显露程度Cormack-Lehane分级、插管时间、插管一次成功率、需喉部按压的患者例数以及术后48h内的声音嘶哑及咽痛情况。结果GF组Cormack-Lehane分级明显低于M组(P0.01)。GF组插管时间明显短于M组[(104.3±11.1)s vs.(138.6±33.0)s](P0.01),一次插管成功率明显高于M组(90%vs.55%)(P0.05),需要喉部按压患者比例明显低于M组(20%vs.90%)(P0.01),术后声音嘶哑和咽痛的发生率明显低于M组(5%vs.35%,25%vs.75%)(P0.05)。结论与传统方法比较,可视喉镜联合纤维支气管镜引导用于声门显露困难患者可以提高插管的成功率,减少插管时的应激反应,降低声嘶和咽痛的发生率。     

Complications during rapid sequence induction of general anesthesia in children: a benchmark study

Objectives: Determine incidence of complications such as difficult or failed intubation, hypoxemia, hypotension, and bradycardia in children undergoing rapid sequence intubation (RSI) in a pediatric anesthesia department in a tertiary care children’s hospital. Aim: To establish a benchmark to be used by other institutions and nonanesthesiologists performing RSI in children. Background: RSI is being increasingly performed in the nonoperating room setting by nonanesthesiologists. No published studies exist to establish a benchmark of intubation success or failure and complications in this patient population. Methods/Materials: Retrospective cohort analysis of children aged 3–12 undergoing RSI from 2001 to 2006. Results: One thousand seventy children underwent RSI from 2001 to 2006. Twenty (1.9%) developed moderate hypoxemia (SpO₂ 80–89%), 18 (1.7%) demonstrated severe hypoxemia (SpO₂ < 80%), 5 (0.5%) developed bradycardia (heart rate <60), and 8 (0.8%) developed hypotension (systolic blood pressure <70 mmHg). One patient had emesis of gastric contents but no evidence of pulmonary aspiration or hypoxemia. Eighteen (1.7%) children were noted to be difficult to intubate and required more than one intubation attempt. All were eventually intubated without significant complications. Patients between 10 and 19 kg had a higher incidence of severe hypoxemia when compared with older children (P < 0.001). There was no association between choice of muscle relaxant and any complication. Conclusions: In our cohort of 1070 children who underwent RSI, difficult intubation was encountered in 1.7% and transient oxyhemoglobin desaturation occurred in 3.6%. Severe hypoxemia was more likely in children <20 kg. There were no children who could not be intubated, and there were no long‐term or permanent complications.     

The Callender modification of the Macintosh laryngoscope blade reduces the risk of tooth-blade contact in children

Background: Dental injury is well recognized as a potential complication of laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation. The flange of the Macintosh blade may contact teeth during laryngoscopy causing damage. The Callander modification of the Macintosh blade (Callander blade) with a shortened heel at the proximal end has been shown to increase the blade–tooth distance and reduce contact rates in adults. Aim: This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Callander blade on reducing dental contact in children. Methods: One hundred children, aged 4–14 years, scheduled for general anesthesia requiring endotracheal intubation were studied prospectively. The children were preoperatively evaluated for Mallampati score and dental defects, looseness, and avulsions. Following induction of anesthesia, laryngoscopy was performed twice on each child in succession, once with a standard Macintosh blade and once with a Callander blade of the same size in a random order. The blade–tooth distance and contact rate were compared between the two blades. Results: With the Callander blade, the blade–tooth distance was greater than with the Macintosh (1.78 ± 1.77 vs 0.28 ± 0.76 mm, P = 0.001). The frequency of direct contact was less with the Callander blade than it was with the Macintosh blade (33% vs 86%, respectively, P = 0.008). However, difficult laryngoscopy rate did not differ between the blades. Tracheal intubation was successful in all children and there was no dental injury. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the Callander blade decreases the risk for dental injury and provides tracheal intubating conditions in children with normal airways similar to those obtained with a traditional Macintosh blade.     

喉镜300年：是否回到间接

背景目前市面上有很多款式的视频喉镜,有些甚至独具特色。究竟哪一款给外形设计和插管过程带来了革命性的进步呢？目的简述喉镜的演变进程和未来前景。内容自1895年起,气管插管一直未能跳出“口-咽-气管三轴线重叠”的思维束缚。历经沧桑,从最早的间接喉镜和直接喉镜、光索引导、可塑形纤维硬镜、插管视频喉罩到当今的“管外半环管视频喉镜”,新型间接喉镜实现了喉镜形态和功能的飞跃,成为了喉镜历史进程中的里程碑。趋势视频喉镜,尤其是Airway Scope和Airtraq将加快气管插管常规用具的转变和困难气道的重新定义。     

Airtraq喉镜和Macintosh直接喉镜在经口气管插管时血流动力学的比较

目的比较Airtraq视频喉镜和Macintosh直接喉镜经口气管插管时心血管反应。方法40例拟择期经口气管插管全麻下手术的患者,按照随机数字表随机分为两组,Airtraq组（A组）和Macintosh喉镜组（M组）,每组20例。观察麻醉诱导前、诱导后、插管即刻、插管后1、3min时的心率（HR）、血压和心率收缩压乘积（ratepressureproduct,RPP）。结果两组声门暴露时间差异无统计学意义（P〉0．05）,导管置入时间A组（6±4）S短于M组（10±4）S（P〈0．01）。两组诱导后的HR、血压和RPP值都较诱导前的基础值明显下降（P〈0．05）,插管即刻、插管后1min的心血管指标较诱导后明显增高（P〈0．05）。A组插管后3min心血管指标与诱导后比较差异无统计学意义（P〉0．05）,而M组3min时心血管指标[收缩压（SBP）（106±17）mmHg（1mmHg=0．133kPa）,舒张压（DBP）（65±10）mmHg,平均动脉压（MAP）（78±19）mmHg,HR（92±12）次／分,RPP（9748±2072）]与诱导后[SBP（93±15）mmHg,DBP（54±9）mmHg,MAP（67±10）mmHg,HR（85±12）次／分,RPP（8117±1886）]比较差异仍有统计学意义（R0．05）。A组、M组插管后5min心血管指标与诱导后比较差异均无统计学意义。结论与Macintosh直接喉镜相比,应用Airtraq视频喉镜行经口气管插管可减少插管置入时间,且血流动力学反应较轻。     

光导纤维喉镜用于气管插管时循环系统的变化

３０例外科手术病人，分为三组。Ⅰ组为普通喉镜顺利气管插管，Ⅱ组为光导纤维喉镜顺利插管组，Ⅲ组为光导纤维喉镜困难插管组。结果表明：三组病人插管时均可引起剧烈的心血管反应，但变化幅度以Ⅲ组最大，本文提示，与普通喉镜相比，光导纤维喉镜和于并无困难插管的病人引起的心血管反应相似，而用于困难插管的病人也可产生严重的心血管反应，可能与插管困难的病人暴露困难致使插管时间较长或刺激强度增大有关。     

Haemodynamic responses and prolongation of QT interval of ECG after suxamethonium-facilitated intubation during anaesthetic induction in children: a dose-related attenuation by alfentanil

The haemodynamic response to endotracheal intubation and changes in the QT interval of ECG during anaesthetic induction were studied in 68 healthy children (5.5 years). The children were pretreated double-blindly with either alfentanil 10 micrograms/kg (A10), 25 micrograms/kg (A25), 50 micrograms/kg (A50) or saline (control) (17 children in each group) i.v. 1 min before thiopentone 5 mg/kg. The trachea was intubated after suxamethonium 1.5 mg/kg. Central nervous system excitation was seen in four of 17 and in one of 17 children after alfentanil 50 and 25 micrograms/kg, respectively. After intubation, heart rate increased significantly in the control group, remained at initial levels in the A10 and A25 groups and decreased in the A50 group. A pressor response to intubation was seen in the control and A10 groups. The QT interval was significantly prolonged after suxamethonium in the control and A10 groups, but remained at baseline levels in the A25 and A50 groups. Ventricular ectopic beats were only seen in 2/17 children in the control group. In conclusion, alfentanil 25 microgram/kg is ideal for preventing the haemodynamic response to endotracheal intubation and prolongation of the QT interval, a sign of sympathoadrenal activation, before induction of intravenous anaesthesia in children.     

A comparative study of hemodynamic responses to orotracheal intubation with fiberoptic bronchoscope and laryngoscope in children

BACKGROUND: The purposes of this study were to further identify the hemodynamic responses to orotracheal intubation in children, using a fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) and a direct laryngoscope (DLS), and to validate whether the FOB can attenuate the hemodynamic response to orotracheal intubation compared with the DLS. METHODS: Forty-three children, ASA PS I-II scheduled for elective plastic surgery under general anesthesia requiring orotracheal intubation were randomly allocated to either the DLS group (n = 20) or the FOB group (n = 23). Noninvasive systolic blood pressure (SBP) and heart rate (HR) were recorded before (baseline values) and after anesthesia induction (postinduction values), at intubation and every minute for the first 5 min after intubation. The maximal values of SBP and HR during the observation were also recorded. The product of HR and SBP [rate pressure product (RPP)] at each time point was calculated. RESULTS: In the DLS group, SBP, HR, and RPP at intubation and 1 min after intubation were significantly higher than postinduction values, but did not exceed baseline values. In the FOB group, SBP, HR, and RPP at intubation increased significantly compared with baseline and postinduction values. In the two groups, the maximal values of SBP, HR, and RPP during the observation were significantly higher than baseline values. Except for the HR at intubation, there were no significant differences in other hemodynamic parameters during the observation and the time required to reach maximal values of SBP, HR, and RPP between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: Orotracheal intubation using FOB and DLS in children may cause similar increases in SBP and HR. Compared with the DLS, the FOB had no advantage in attenuating the hemodynamic responses to orotracheal intubation.     

Anesthetic experience of 100 pediatric tracheostomies

Background:  Tracheostomy is more hazardous in the pediatric population than in adults (Paediatr Nurs, 17, 2005, 38; Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 67, 2003, 7; J R Soc Med, 89, 1996, 188). Airway management in these children and infants is potentially challenging. Previous case series of pediatric tracheostomy published in the surgical journals make little mention of anesthetic techniques used and do not describe airway management. The aim of this study was to review the anesthetic, and in particular the airway management of children undergoing tracheostomy at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
Methods:  Between September 2004 and December 2007, the ENT surgical database showed that 109 children had a surgical tracheostomy performed at GOSH. We were only able to locate the notes of 100 of these cases. The anesthetic records of these 100 patients undergoing tracheostomy were analyzed retrospectively.
Results:  Ninety-four percent (94/100) of tracheostomies were elective, and 6% (6/100) were emergency. In this study, 26% (26/100) of children were recorded as difficult to intubate. These difficult airways were managed as follows: 10/26 used a laryngeal mask airway (LMA), 5/26 were managed with facemask alone, 3/26 had fiber-optic intubation, 5/26 had surgical intubation and 2/26 were intubated with the aid of a bougie and cricoid pressure.
Conclusions:  This case series demonstrates that intubation is difficult in up to 26% of children presenting for tracheostomy. While intubation of the trachea remains the preferred option when anesthetizing children for tracheostomy, the LMA or facemask can provide a successful airway where intubation is not possible. The use of the LMA or facemask may therefore be life saving in the unintubatable child.     

The adult Bullard laryngoscope as an alternative to the Wis-Hipple 1(1/2) in paediatric patients

This prospective, randomized study was undertaken to compare the adult Bullard laryngoscope (BL) with the Wis-Hipple laryngoscope (WhL) in paediatric patients with regards to laryngeal view and time to intubation, and whether its efficacy was related to age or weight. Fifty patients scheduled for general anaesthesia between the ages of 1 and 5 years were examined. Patients were randomized into two groups: one group had an initial laryngoscopy via the WhL and then had a laryngoscopy and intubation using the BL; the second group had an initial laryngoscopy with the BL and then had a laryngoscopy and intubation using the WhL. The laryngeal view, attempts at intubation, time to intubation and the reason for any difficulty with intubation were recorded. Correlation was then sought relating attempts and time to intubation with age, and weight. Mean time to intubation was 20 +/- 6 s in the WhL group and 26 +/- 9 s in the BL group (P < 0.02). The majority of the patients had similar laryngeal views in both groups; three patients had a superior view with the BL. Failed intubations occurred in two BL patients; the tracheas were both intubated with the WhL. In one patient, intubation was not possible with the WhL but it was successful with the BL. Multiple passes of the tube off the BL most frequently occurred because of right aryepiglottic fold contact or anterior vocal cord contact. The latter appears to be more problematic when the adult BL is used in the paediatric population. No relationship was found between the time to intubation and age or weight. In an occasional child, the BL provides a superior laryngeal view and provides a means for a successful intubation when a failure with the WhL occurs. Although intubation of children aged 1-5 years takes longer with a BL than a WhL, the adult BL complemented the WhL laryngoscope in paediatric patients.     

可视喉镜在新生儿手术气管插管中的应用

目的探讨可视喉镜在新生儿手术气管插管中的应用。方法选择2013-07—2013-12间行新生儿手术50例为研究对象,随机分为可视喉镜组(A组)25例和直接喉镜组(B组)25例,比较两组新生儿气管插管时声门暴露时间,完成气管插管的时间,插管一次成功率和新生儿插管前3 min、插管时及插管后3 min的平均动脉压(MAP)、心率(HR)的变化及插管相关不良反应。结果 A组与B组相比,A组声门暴露时间,完成气管插管的时间均明显缩短,A组插管一次成功率96%,B组插管一次成功率80%,差异有统计学意义。两组新生儿插管前和插管后3 min的MAP和HR比较,差异无统计学意义。但与B组相比,插管时A组新生儿MAP和HR明显降低,差异有统计学意义。A组新生儿插管时不良反应明显低于B组,差异有统计学意义。结论可视喉镜可提高新生儿手术气管插管时成功率,缩短声门暴露时间,气管插管的时间,降低插管不良反应,提高新生儿手术麻醉安全性。     

Airtraq(R)喉镜和Macintosh直接喉镜在经口气管插管时血流动力学的比较

目的比较Airtraq(R)视频喉镜和Macintosh直接喉镜经口气管插管时心血管反应。方法40例拟择期经口气管插管全麻下手术的患者,按照随机数字表随机分为两组,Airtraq(R)组（A组）和Macintosh喉镜组（M组）,每组20例。观察麻醉诱导前、诱导后、插管即刻、插管后1、3 min时的心率(HR)、血压和...