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The Videolaryngoscopy Versus Direct Laringoscopy for Residents Intubation Study

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Intubation Intratracheal
Airway Management
Registration Number
NCT06842082
Lead Sponsor
Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti
Brief Summary

The usual intubation technique in the operating room is based on direct laryngoscopy, using a standard Macintosh laryngoscope. However, this skill is not easy to acquire and requires adecuate training. Videolaryngoscopes are becoming a widely accepted airway management technique. because offer better view of the glottis and are easy to use. In addition, indirect laryngoscopes are useful for tracheal intubation by novice operators because of the feedback that supervisors can offer during intubation.

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn which intubation technique performed by residents of anesthesia in the operating room is better.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Which intubation technique is more effective for achieving first-attempt intubation?

* Which intubation technique results in fewer complications? Researchers will compare both intubation techniques performed by anesthesia residents in the operating room in adult anesthesia cases.

Detailed Description

The study will randomize, by means of a computer-generated randomization, approximately 1008 adults in two groups: Conventional group (Laryngoscope with Macintosh Blade) and Videolaryngoscope group (Mac-Style Blade) to be intubated in the operating room by an anesthesia resident.

Success rate of the selected technique (first attempt), overall success rate, number of attempts, complications, and duration of insertion for technique will be noted.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1008
Inclusion Criteria
  • ≥18 years old
  • Patients who need to be tracheal intubated for a surgical intervention in the surgical area.
  • Intubation performed by an anesthesia resident.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Need for tracheal intubation with a device other than videolaryngoscopy or direct laryngoscopy (fiberoptic bronchoscope, tracheostomy...).
  • Context of a Difficult Airway Management.
  • Refusal of the patient

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Difference in the first attempt success rate (percentage)During intubation

Success on the first attempt is defined as successfully passing the tube through the vocal cords in a single laryngoscopy attempt and inserting the endotracheal tube into the trachea

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Comparing the glottic view in the modified Cormack-Lehane scale between the two approachesDuring intubation

Modified Cormack-Lehane grade of glottic view:

* I: full view of the glottis

* IIa: partial view of the glottis

* IIb: arytenoid or the posterior part of the vocal cords just visible

* III: only epiglottis visible

* IV: neither glottis nor epiglottis visible Cormack-Lehane grade of glottic view

Difference in percentage of "easy intubation"During intubation

To compare the difference in "easy intubation," defined as a Cormack-Lehane grade I-IIa glottic view and successful intubation on the first attempt, between the two intubation approaches.

Duration of laryngoscopy and tracheal intubationDuring intubation

The interval (in seconds) between the first insertion of a laryngoscope blade into the mouth and the final placement of a tube in the trachea.

Number of attempts to cannulate the trachea with an endotracheal tubeDuring intubation

Number of attempts to cannulate the trachea with an endotracheal tube

Number of attempts to cannulate the trachea with a bougie.During intubation

Number of attempts to cannulate the trachea with a bougie

Need to change the device for intubationDuring intubation

Need to replace by another videolaryngoscope, a different angled blade, requirement for a fiberoptic bronchoscope...

Need for additional airway equipmentDuring intubation

Airway equipment: bougie, stylet, other videolaryngoscope, others.

Operator-assessed difficulty of intubationDuring intubation

Operator-assessed difficulty of intubation

* without difficulty

* mild difficulty

* moderate difficulty

* severe difficulty

Use of external laryngeal pressureDuring intubation

External laryngeal pressure: Sellick maneuver or BURP

Reason for failure to intubate on the first attemptDuring intubation

Reason for failure among those who did not meet the primary outcome (successful intubation on the first attempt):

* Inadequate view of the larynx

* Inability to intubate the trachea with an endotracheal tube

* Inability to cannulate the trachea with a bougie

* Attempt aborted due to change in patient condition (e.g., worsening hypoxemia, hypotension, bradycardia, vomiting, bleeding)

* Technical failure of the laryngoscope (e.g., battery, light source, camera, screen)

* Other

Complications during intubationParticipants will be followed from the beginning of the intervention to 10 minutes after the intervention

Complications during the procedure and within the following 10 minutes, including: hypotension (SBP \< 80 mmHg), hypotension (SBP \< 65 mmHg), O₂ saturation \< 90%, O₂ saturation \< 80%, bronchoaspiration, esophageal intubation, dental injury, airway injury, and others.

Trial Locations

Locations (8)

Hospital Universitario de Ferrol

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Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain

Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago

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Santiago, A Coruña, Spain

Complejo Hospitalario Alvaro Cunqueiro Vigo

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Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

Hospital POVISA de Vigo

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Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña

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A Coruña, Spain

Hospital Universitario de La Princesa

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Madrid, Spain

Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense

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Ourense, Spain

Complexo Hospitalario de Pontevedra

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Pontevedra, Spain

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