In high-risk clinical procedures, outcomes are often determined more by default than by conscious choice.1 Tracheal intubation is no exception. When time is limited and physiological reserve is low, clinicians rely on routine rather than on debate. If defaults do not evolve in parallel with evidence, avoidable risk becomes embedded in everyday practice.2
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine published a clinical update in Critical Care on 05 Mar 2026. The item focuses on When evidence is not enough: making videolaryngoscopy the default for tracheal intubation. Open the detail page to review the full original feed content.