Videolaryngoscopy in neonates: A narrative review exploring the current state of the art

Elsevier

Available online 8 March 2023, 101232

Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical CareAuthor links open overlay panel, Abstract

Videolaryngoscopy, is an indirect laryngoscopic technique that facilitates tracheal intubation. In paediatric patients, the certainty of the evidence for the efficiency of videolaryngoscopic tracheal intubation is weaker than for adult patients and even more in neonates, because of the heterogeneity of published studies. Recent literature shows how videolaryngoscopes can make an important overall difference in tracheal intubation of neonates when considering first pass success, and therefore its use is recommended.

The scope of this narrative review is to describe arguments for and against the use of videolaryngoscopy in children, with a special focus on the current practice of neonatal tracheal intubation. The team approach involved in videolaryngoscope-facilitated tracheal intubation provides an important strategy in laryngoscopic technique with the aim of improving patient safety.

Keywords

Videolaryngoscopy

Direct laryngoscopy

Neonates

Pediatric anesthesia

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