Experience of an anesthesiologist as a predictor of difficulty during videolaryngoscopy.
- 1Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) and Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital, Delhi, India.
- 2Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India.
- 3Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, N.S. Memorial Institute of Medical Science, Kollam, Kerala, India.
Abstract
Background and aim
Tracheal intubation using a videolaryngoscope does not require the alignment of the Oro-pharyngeal-laryngeal axes as is the case with direct laryngoscopes. The predictors of difficult direct laryngoscopy may thus, not be applicable to predict a difficult videolaryngoscopy. This study aims to assess the effect of years of experience of an anesthesiologist on the difficulty encountered during KingVision videolaryngoscope guided tracheal intubation.Methods
This prospective randomized study was conducted in a tertiary care teaching institute on 88 consenting adult patients of either sex and ASA physical status I-III and Mallampatti score I-IV scheduled for elective surgical procedures requiring G A with tracheal intubation (TI). Patients were randomized to one of the two groups, group C (intubation by a consultant) or group R (intubation by resident). Standard anesthesia technique was followed and KingVision videolaryngoscope was used to perform all intubations. Proportion of difficult intubations in each group was compared using Chi square/Fisher's exact test. Quantitative parameters were analyzed using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's test and Mann Whitney's U-test. A P value < 0.05 was considered significant.Results
The proportion of difficult intubations (P = 0.668), first attempt success rate (P = 0.799) and intubation difficulty score (P = 0.990) were comparable between the two groups. Laryngoscopy time, tube insertion time and intubation time was also comparable.Conclusion
The years of experience of an anesthesiologist was found to have no effect on the difficulty encountered during KingVision videolaryngoscope guided tracheal intubation.
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BibTeX
@article{salhotra2026experience,
title = {{Experience of an anesthesiologist as a predictor of difficulty during videolaryngoscopy.}},
author = {Rashmi Salhotra and Manjusha Armo and R S Rautela and Chanchal Nigam and Ajeeb Sharahudeen},
journal = {Saudi journal of anaesthesia},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.4103/sja.sja_340_26},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42960363},
note = {CC BY-NC-SA},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Experience of an anesthesiologist as a predictor of difficulty during videolaryngoscopy.
AU - Rashmi Salhotra
AU - Manjusha Armo
AU - R S Rautela
AU - Chanchal Nigam
AU - Ajeeb Sharahudeen
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/01
JO - Saudi journal of anaesthesia
DO - 10.4103/sja.sja_340_26
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42960363
AB - Background and aim Tracheal intubation using a videolaryngoscope does not require the alignment of the Oro-pharyngeal-laryngeal axes as is the case with direct laryngoscopes. The predictors of difficult direct laryngoscopy may thus, not be applicable to predict a difficult videolaryngoscopy. This study aims to assess the effect of years of experience of an anesthesiologist on the difficulty encountered during KingVision videolaryngoscope guided tracheal intubation.Methods This prospective randomized study was conducted in a tertiary care teaching institute on 88 consenting adult patients of either sex and ASA physical status I-III and Mallampatti score I-IV scheduled for elective surgical procedures requiring G A with tracheal intubation (TI). Patients were randomized to one of the two groups, group C (intubation by a consultant) or group R (intubation by resident). Standard anesthesia technique was followed and KingVision videolaryngoscope was used to perform all intubations. Proportion of difficult intubations in each group was compared using Chi square/Fisher's exact test. Quantitative parameters were analyzed using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's test and Mann Whitney's U-test. A P value < 0.05 was considered significant.Results The proportion of difficult intubations (P = 0.668), first attempt success rate (P = 0.799) and intubation difficulty score (P = 0.990) were comparable between the two groups. Laryngoscopy time, tube insertion time and intubation time was also comparable.Conclusion The years of experience of an anesthesiologist was found to have no effect on the difficulty encountered during KingVision videolaryngoscope guided tracheal intubation.
SN - 1658-354X
SN - 0975-3125
ER -