[
    {
        "id": "osp-1355",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Quest for an Ideal Intubating Device",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Umesh",
                "given": "Goneppanavar"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/quest-for-an-ideal-intubating-device",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2012
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Oman Medical Journal",
        "DOI": "10.5001/omj.2012.38",
        "publisher": "Oman Medical Specialty Board",
        "ISSN": "1999-768X",
        "abstract": "The first scientific report of tracheal intubation and artificial respiration is attributed to Vesalius, who in 1543 performed this in animals. The first perioperative use of tracheal intubation was described by Macewen in 1880 to prevent aspiration during the removal of a tumor from the base of the tongue. However, regular perioperative use of tracheal intubation in anesthetized patients started only in the early 1900s. Until then, even oral surgery was performed without a definitive airway, thus predisposing patients to the risk of aspiration. As the use of tracheal tubes and intubation gained popularity, a proportional need to develop equipment that could help in placing a tracheal tube into the trachea arose. In 1913, Chevalier Jackson reported a high rate of success for the use of direct laryngoscopy as a means to intubate the trachea. The development of a rigid, curved laryngoscope by Macintosh in 1943, made the process of intubation simpler and less traumatic as it could now be performed under direct vision. Development of anesthetic drugs that rendered the patient unconscious within seconds and muscle relaxants that facilitated intubation made direct laryngoscopy and intubation the most followed technique for the establishment of a definitive airway. However, as the technique gained popularity, its limitations also came to the fore. A limited mouth opening ("
    }
]