TY - JOUR T1 - Difficult intubation, the bougie and the stylet JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 433 LP - 434 DO - 10.1136/emj.19.5.433 VL - 19 IS - 5 AU - Ian Jones AU - Katherine Roberts Y1 - 2002/09/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/19/5/433.abstract N2 - A short cut review was carried out to establish whether a gum elastic bougie is more effective than a stylet at improving the success rate in difficult intubation. Altogether 32 papers were found using the reported search, of which one presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date, and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results, and study weaknesses of this best paper are tabulated. A clinical bottom line is stated. ER -