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|+Table 1. <i>Classification of rigid indirect laryngoscopes</i> | |+Table 1. <i>Classification of rigid indirect laryngoscopes</i> | ||
|'''Classification''' | |'''Classification''' | ||
|'''Description of technique''' | |'''Description of technique''' | ||
|'''Examples''' | |'''Examples''' | ||
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|‘Non-guided’ devices | |||
|Provide an indirect view of larynx but require direction | |||
of tracheal tube towards larynx. | |||
|Bullard laryngoscope | |||
Glidescope | |||
Storz DCI Videolaryngoscope | |||
Storz C-MAC laryngoscope | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |‘Guided’ devices | ||
| | |Provide indirect view and act as a conduit for passage of tracheal tube. | ||
|Airtraq | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |Optical stylets | ||
| | |Provide indirect view via rigid or semi-rigid stylet, with a ‘loaded’ tracheal tube for railroading. | ||
|Bonfils and Brambrink | |||
Shikani | |||
Lightwand | |||
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a responsibility to be familiar with airway algorithms and make | a responsibility to be familiar with airway algorithms and make | ||
pragmatic modifications to account for available resources. | pragmatic modifications to account for available resources. | ||
== REFERENCES == | == REFERENCES == |