Video-Assisted Airway Management

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Difficulties with tracheal intubation are a major cause for anaesthesia-related morbidity and mortality. Although pulsoximetry and capnometry are used for standard intubation monitoring, claims due to oesophageal intubations and difficult intubations remain still 6% for each in the ASA closed claims study project as 10 years ago (1). Furthermore, increasing failed intubation rates in obstetric anaesthesia have been reported and are a reason for great concern (2). Video-assisted airway management (VAAM) is a recently designed new concept for routine intubation monitoring and for management of the unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation.