Documenting videolaryngoscopy and tracheal intubation: time to blend old ways with the new?

Abstract

Airway management should be accompanied by comprehensive documentation, both to inform other healthcare professionals of what has occurred and to inform future care. Videolaryngoscopy is increasingly used instead of direct laryngoscopy to perform tracheal intubation. The relationship between the laryngeal view obtained and ease of tube placement has become uncoupled. Current issues include uncertainties around how best to describe the view obtained on videolaryngoscopy and what that view means for intubation success.