Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 57, Issue 3 , Pages 240-247 , March 2011

The Complexities of Tracheal Intubation With Direct Laryngoscopy and Alternative Intubation Devices

  • Richard M. Levitan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Jefferson Medical College and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Richard M. Levitan, MD, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 11th & Walnut Street T239, Philadelphia, PA 19107; 215-955-6844
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  • James W. Heitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Jefferson Medical College and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Michael Sweeney, CRNP

      Affiliations

    • Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, Pottstown, PA
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  • Richard M. Cooper, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 15 March 2010 ,Revised 26 April 2010 ,Accepted 25 May 2010.

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 Supervising editor: Kathy J. Rinnert, MD, MPH

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. The manufacturers of the devices provided Dr. Levitan with the devices. Dr. Levitan is a principal in Airway Cam Technologies, Inc., Wayne, PA, which sells a variety of airway management products, including laryngoscopes, endotracheal tubes, and rescue devices. Airway Cam is a distributor of the AirTraq Optical Laryngoscope and Parker endotracheal tubes mentioned in this article. Dr. Cooper is a consultant for Verathon, manufacturer of the GlideScope Video Laryngoscope.

 Publication date: Available online July 31, 2010.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

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PII: S0196-0644(10)00560-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.05.035

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 57, Issue 3 , Pages 240-247 , March 2011

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