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Laryngoscope
December 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Introduction: There is increasing prevalence of single-use flexible laryngoscopes in Otolaryngology. This study aims to quantify and compare the environmental outcomes of single-use disposable flexible laryngoscopes (SUD-Ls) and reusable flexible laryngoscope (R-Ls).
Methods: The ISO 14040 standardized Life Cycle Assessment (LCAs) was utilized to estimate the environmental footprint of SUD-L and R-L.
J Pak Med Assoc
May 2024
2nd Year MBBS Student, Dow medical college, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Transfusion
May 2024
59th Medical Wing, JBSA Lackland, Texas, USA.
Introduction: Video laryngoscope (VL) technology improves first-pass success. The novel i-view VL device is inexpensive and disposable. We sought to determine the first-pass intubation success with the i-view VL device versus the standard reusable VL systems in routine use at each site.
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July 2024
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Objective: To quantify the environmental impact of standard direct laryngoscopy surgery and model the environmental benefit of three feasible alternative scenarios that meet safe decontamination reprocessing requirements.
Study Design: This is a life cycle assessment (LCA) modeling study.
Setting: Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH), a 1541-bed tertiary medical center in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Objectives: Single-use rhinolaryngoscopes were brought to market in 2019 as an alternative to traditional reusable scopes and have garnered interest across settings given portability and potential cost advantages. While single-use was previously evaluated compared to traditional devices, the overall impact to the consult experience for both users and patients has not been captured.
Methods: Eighteen residents performed consults with both single-use and reusable rhinolaryngoscope systems on alternating weeks.
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