Comparing videolaryngoscopes with direct laryngoscopy in obstetric patients

We thank Liu et al. for their interest in our article1 and we are pleased to be given the opportunity to provide further clarification. We do not agree with the assertion that the performance of direct laryngoscopy was underestimated in our study. All operators were experienced obstetric anaesthesiologists, very skilled in using Macintosh, C-MACTM and King Vision ® videolaryngoscopes and would adjust head, neck and the operating table position for each patient to optimise the laryngoscopy. Consequently, the factors that Liu et al.
Source: International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research