Airway Management Practice in Adults With an Unstable Cervical Spine: The Harborview Medical Center Experience.

CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with acute CSI at a high-volume academic trauma center, VL was the most commonly used initial intubation technique. Awake FOB and direct laryngoscopy were performed infrequently. No cases of neurological deterioration secondary to airway management occurred with any method. Assuming care is taken to limit neck movement, providers should use the intubation technique with which they have the most comfort and skill. PMID: 29649032 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Anesthesia and Analgesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Anesth Analg Source Type: research