Comparison of Single-use and Reusable Metal Laryngoscope Blades for Orotracheal Intubation during Rapid Sequence Induction of Anesthesia.

The article presents a study that compares the single-use metal laryngoscope blades and reusable blades in rapid sequence induction of anesthesia. It states that 1,072 adult patients who underwent general anesthesia under emergency conditions and who were required rapid sequence induction were assigned on a weekly basis to either reusable or single-use metal blades. A 60-s was allowed after induction to complete intubation and if there is a failed intubation, another attempt was performed using the blade's opposite type. It says that both groups were similar in their main characteristics, wherein at first attempt, the rate of failed intubation was decreased with single-use metal blades than reusable blades showing the efficiency of single-use blades in rapid sequence anesthesia induction.