The study, titled “Airway Scope for Tracheal Intubation in the Lateral Position” and led by researchers at Cleveland Clinic, randomly assigned anesthetized adults to supine, left-lateral or right-lateral position. Laryngeal views were obtained in the designated position with a Macintosh laryngoscope, and patient tracheas were subsequently intubated with the Airway Scope.
The researchers also tested the hypothesis that the time required for intubation in right- and left-lateral positions is not increased by more than 10 seconds, compared with tracheal intubation in the supine position.
Both lateral positions offered worse laryngoscopic views than the supine position, but intubation with the Airway Scope still showed high success rates.
Read the abstract of the study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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