A randomised cross-over trial comparing the McGrath(®) Series 5 videolaryngoscope with the Macintosh laryngoscope in patients with cervical spine immobilisation.

We compared the performance of the McGrath® Series 5 videolaryngoscope with the Macintosh laryngoscope in 49 patients without suspected cervical spine pathology, whose cervical spine was immobilised using a semi-rigid collar. The primary outcome was the view obtained at laryngoscopy. Secondary outcomes included time to tracheal intubation, rates of successful intubation and incidence of complications.

Confirmed Bacillus anthracis infection among persons who inject drugs, Scotland, 2009-2010.

In Scotland, the 2009 outbreak of Bacillus anthracis infection among persons who inject drugs resulted in a 28% death rate. To compare nonsurvivors and survivors, we obtained data on 11 nonsurvivors and 16 survivors. Time from B.

Core competencies in teaching and training for doctors in Scotland: a review of the literature and stakeholder survey.

Background: The UK General Medical Council requires all registered doctors to be competent in all areas of their work, including teaching and training.

Aims: The current research sought consensus on core competencies for all consultants and GPs involved in teaching and training in Scotland.

Method: A draft list of 80 competencies was developed from the literature and made available as a survey to all consultants and GPs with teaching roles and all final year speciality trainees working in Scotland.

Use of the McGrath videolaryngoscope in the management of difficult and failed tracheal intubation.

Difficult laryngoscopy and failed tracheal intubation are associated with complications which can be serious, and on occasion, life-threatening. We report three cases of difficult and failed tracheal intubation using a conventional Macintosh laryngoscope in which tracheal intubation was accomplished swiftly and easily using a new design of videolaryngoscope, the McGrath.

Case series: the McGrath videolaryngoscope--an initial clinical evaluation.

Purpose: To document tracheal intubation success rates and airway instrumentation times using the newly designed McGrath videolaryngoscope.

Methods: We prospectively recorded factors associated with difficult tracheal intubation, factors causing actual difficulty in tracheal intubation, as well as complications arising from use of the new McGrath videolaryngoscope in a series of adult patients with normal preoperative airway examinations. All patients were undergoing scheduled or elective surgery.