TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Direct Laryngoscopy A1 - Campbell, Samuel G. A1 - Kovacs, George A2 - Hung, Orlando R. A2 - Murphy, Michael F. PY - 2024 T2 - Hung’s Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway, 4th Edition AB - In this day and age with video laryngoscopy (VL) rapidly becoming more freely available for orotracheal intubation (OTI) one might ask if there is still a need for a chapter on direct laryngoscopy (DL). However, while VL is gaining ground on DL, particularly in countries with developed economies, VL has yet to replace DL as the most common device employed worldwide to facilitate OTI. Proficiency with DL remains a vitally important skill for difficult and failed intubation rescue, and in parts of the world that cannot afford or do not have access to VL.1 SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/09/12 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1202475223 ER -