Videolaryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy: a bibliometric analysis

Editor—Tracheal intubation is a widely used procedure for airway management. 1 Woodall N.M. Cook T.M. National census of airway management techniques used for anaesthesia in the UK: first phase of the Fourth National Audit Project at the Royal College of Anaesthetists. Br J Anaesth. 2011; 106: 266-271 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (127) Google Scholar Difficult intubation and intubation failure are associated with complications including desaturation, hypertension and hypotension, airway damage, hypoxaemia, pulmonary aspiration, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest, and death. 2 Cook T.M. Woodall N. Frerk C. Fourth national audit project. Major complications of airway management in the UK: results of the fourth national audit project of the royal college of anaesthetists and the difficult airway society. Part 1: anaesthesia. Br J Anaesth. 2011; 106: 617-631 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (1328) Google Scholar ,3 Cook T.M. Woodall N. Harper J. Benger J. Fourth national audit project. Major complications of airway management in the UK: results of the fourth national audit project of the royal college of anaesthetists and the difficult airway society. Part 2: intensive care and emergency departments. Br J Anaesth. 2011; 106: 632-642 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (685) Google Scholar In recent years, videolaryngoscopy has been increasingly used to manage difficult airways, and numerous studies confirm the superiority of videolaryngoscopy compared with direct laryngoscopy in multiple clinical contexts. 4 Vargas M. Pastore A. Aloj F. Laffey J.G. Servillo G. A comparison of videolaryngoscopes for tracheal intubation in predicted difficult airway: a feasibility study. BMC Anesthesiol. 2017; 17: 25 Crossref PubMed Scopus (9) Google Scholar , 5 Vargas M. Servillo G. Buonanno P. et al. Video vs. direct laryngoscopy for adult surgical and intensive care unit patients requiring tracheal intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2021; 25: 7734-7749 PubMed Google Scholar , 6 Hansel J. Rogers A.M. Lewis S.R. Cook T.M. Smith A.F. Videolaryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy for adults undergoing tracheal intubation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022; 4: CD011136 PubMed Google Scholar