McGRATH MAC Video Laryngoscope - To View or Not To View?
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Intubation; Difficult
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of Participants Successfully Intubated on First Attempt With Use of Either a Direct or Indirect Laryngoscopic View
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study was designed to determine the first attempt success rate of tracheal intubation with the McGRATH™ MAC laryngoscope using direct visualization in patients with known difficult airways, as well as exploring the possibility of identifying a particular direct Cormack-Lehane (C-L) grade view where indirect (video) visualization can be most beneficial during laryngoscopy and intubation.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •BMI \< 50 kg/m2
- •Two or more of the following inclusion criteria: Mallampati class: III-IV; Reduced mouth opening \< 4 cm; Neck circumference \> 40 cm for females and \> 43 cm for males; Thyromental distance \< 6 cm; Ratio of the patient's height to thyromental distance ≥ 23.5; Sternomental distance \< 12 cm
Exclusion Criteria
- •BMI ≥ 50 kg/m2
- •emergency status
- •cervical injury or pathology
- •neck irradiation
- •known difficult airway
- •risk of gastric aspiration
- •hemodynamic instability
- •requiring rapid sequence intubation
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of Participants Successfully Intubated on First Attempt With Use of Either a Direct or Indirect Laryngoscopic View
Time Frame: after successful endotracheal tube placement
All 100 patients will be intubated using the McGRATH® MAC video laryngoscope, either through direct or indirect vision laryngoscopy. The LCD monitor of the McGRATH™ MAC was initially covered; if the anesthesiologist visualized a modified C-L grade 1-3 view, the patient was intubated utilizing this direct view. If the anesthesiologist observed a modified C-L grade 4 view during their initial direct view, the patient was intubated using the indirect method. If intubation via direct laryngoscopy was unsuccessful on the first attempt, the patient was intubated using the indirect view. If both methods of laryngoscopy were unsuccessful, the rescue intubation technique was performed at the discretion of the anesthesiologist.
Secondary Outcomes
- Glottic View With Direct Laryngoscopy(at the time of laryngoscopy)
- Glottic View With Indirect Laryngoscopy(at the time of laryngoscopy)
- Number of Participants on Whom Bougie (Introducer) Was Used to Facilitate Intubation on the First Attempt(at the time of intubation)
- Time for Intubation(at the time of laryngoscopy)
- Number of Intubation Attempts(at the time of intubation)
- Time for Indirect View Laryngoscopy During the First Attempt(at the time of laryngoscopy)
- Number of Participants Who Received External Laryngeal Manipulation During the First Attempt(at the time of intubation)
- Time for Direct View Laryngoscopy During the First Attempt(at the time of laryngoscopy)
- Subjective Ease of Laryngoscopy(at the time of laryngoscopy)
- Subjective Ease of Intubation(at the time of laryngoscopy)