Table 1 Summary of the studies included in this systematic review and meta-analysis
Study ID | Groups (interventions) | Country | Population | Type of laryngoscope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahmadi (2014) [18] | Direct-L | Iran | Patients admitted to ED and need emergency intubation | Macintosh laryngoscope |
Video-L | GlideScope video laryngoscope | |||
Ajith (2022) [19] | Direct-L | India | Critically injured patients requiring emergency intubation | Macintosh laryngoscope |
Video-L | McGrath MAC video laryngoscope | |||
Arima (2014) [20] | Direct-L | Japan | The study included patients who were 18Â years or older and required emergency tracheal intubation during daylight hours in the prehospital setting | Macintosh laryngoscope |
Video-L | Airway scope (AWS; Pentax) | |||
Driver (2016) [21] | Direct-L | USA | Participants who had undergone emergent intubation or were at high risk of requiring intubation | C-MAC video laryngoscope with covered screen |
Video-L | C-MAC video laryngoscope | |||
Goksu (2016) [22] | Direct-L | Turkey | Patients over the age of 16, arriving at the ED due to blunt trauma requiring endotracheal intubation to secure the airway | Standard laryngoscope |
Video-L | C-MAC video laryngoscope | |||
Ilbagi (2021) [23] | Direct-L | Iran | Patients with suitability for intubation, age between 18 and 65Â years, the absence of anatomical issues in the neck and trachea, and no history of drug addiction | Macintosh laryngoscope |
Video-L | GlideScope video laryngoscope | |||
Kim (2016) [24] | Direct-L | Korea | Adult patients who suffered out-of-hospital or inhospital cardiac arrest and required intubation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation | Standard laryngoscope |
Video-L | GlideScope video laryngoscope | |||
Loughnan (2019) [25] | Direct-L | New Zealand | All adult patients (age > 18 years old) who needed endotracheal intubation upon arrival at the emergency department | Macintosh laryngoscope |
Video-L | McGrath MAC video laryngoscope | |||
Macke (2020) [26] | Direct-L | Germany | Patients needed emergency intubation | Standard laryngoscope |
Video-L | C-MAC video laryngoscope | |||
Noppens (2012) [27] | Direct-L | Germany | Patients in the ICU and need intubation | Macintosh laryngoscope |
Video-L | C-MAC video laryngoscope | |||
Sanguanwit (2021) [28] | Direct-L | Thailand | All adult patients (age > 18 years old) who needed endotracheal intubation upon arrival at the emergency department | Standard laryngoscope |
Video-L | GlideScope video laryngoscope | |||
Sulser (2016) [29] | Direct-L | Switzerland | Patients aged between 18 and 99Â years undergoing emergency rapid sequence intubation in the emergency room | Macintosh laryngoscope |
Video-L | C-MAC video laryngoscope | |||
Sun (2020) [30] | Direct-L | China | Patients with respiratory failure, who needed endotracheal intubation upon arrival at the emergency department | Not clearly defined |
Video-L | Not clearly defined | |||
Yeatts (2013) [31] | Direct-L | USA | All patients who required tracheal intubation | Standard laryngoscope |
Video-L | GlideScope video laryngoscope |