Comparison of plastic and metallic single-use and metallic reusable laryngoscope blades: a randomised controlled trial.

CONTEXTPlastic single-use laryngoscope blades have been found to increase the difficulty of intubation. Metallic single-use blades may represent an alternative.OBJECTIVETo compare the rates of intubation failure at first laryngoscopy using metallic single-use, plastic single-use and metallic reusabl