Gum Elastic Bougie vs The Frova Airway Intubating Catheter when using the Glidescope for difficult intubatio

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anaesthesiology - Anaesthetics; Difficult intubation

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000408684
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Palvannan Sivalingam,

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-04-15
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

The recruited patients required tracheal intubation for elective surgery and had American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) grade 1 or 2 physical status

Exclusion Criteria

Those with known or suspected difficult intubation, cervical spine injury, raised intracranial pressure, risk of pulmonary aspiration, and risk of rapid oxygen desaturation were excluded

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome criteria were intubation time .<br><br>Intubation time (s) was calculated from the time required to obtain a laryngeal view to the time when the upstroke of the capnographic trace was obtained. [ If the pre-determined time limit of 3 min or oxygen saturation below 94% was reached. The patient was then ventilated by using the bag-mask technique and intubated without manual inline stabilaisation (MILS). This situation was considered to be failed intubation, but the intubation time was included in the subsequent analysis.<br><br>primary outcome was assessed on successful completion of intubation];success rate of intubation (%). <br><br>correct placement endotracheal intubation confirmed by capnography.<br>[ Successful completion of intubation confirmed by Capnography trace obtained on the monitor]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Difficulty in intubation was assessed by the operator using both a visual analogue scale (VAS) ranging from 0 (easy) to 100 mm (very difficult) and an ordinal scale ranging from 1 (easy) to 4 (very difficult). [The secondary outcome measures were VAS and ordinal scores. Assessed immediately after completion of intubation by the operator.<br><br>Difficulty in intubation was assessed by the operator using both a visual analogue scale (VAS) ranging from 0 (easy) to 100 mm (very difficult) and an ordinal scale ranging from 1 (easy) to 4 (very difficult). ]