Difficult airway management practice changes after introduction of the GlideScope videolaryngoscope: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Introduction of the GlideScope videolaryngoscope caused a change in use of other devices for difficult airway management.

Objective: The influence of the GlideScope videolaryngoscope on changes in the indications for and the frequency of use of flexible fibreoptic-assisted intubation and other difficult airway management techniques.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.