Comparison of GlideScope-Specific Rigid Stylet to Standard Malleable Stylet for GlideScope Intubation by Novice Operators
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Airway
- Interventions
- Device: GlideScope rigid stylet
- Registration Number
- NCT00884754
- Lead Sponsor
- Lawson Health Research Institute
- Brief Summary
Patients presenting for elective surgery requiring tracheal intubation will be randomized to one of two different endotracheal tube (ETT) stylets. The intubation will be done with a GlideScope videolaryngoscope by a novice operator. The primary outcome is time to intubation.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
- any adult patient scheduled for elective surgery.
- ETT is indicated for the procedure in the opinion of the attending anesthesiologist.
- any operator who has performed ≤ 10 GlideScope intubations.
Exclusion Criteria
- any patient in whom the use of the GlideScope is contraindicated in the opinion of the attending anesthesiologist.
- Patient with known cervical spine abnormalities.
- any patients with known or probable difficult airways. (This rare occurrence is unlikely to be evenly distributed between the groups and could skew the data).
- any patient requiring rapid sequence induction.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description rigid GlideScope Specific Stylet GlideScope rigid stylet - 90º curvature, malleable stylet GlideScope rigid stylet -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to Intubation (Seconds) 30-150 seconds (anticipated)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
London Health Sciences Centre
🇨🇦London, Ontario, Canada