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Intubation During Spinal Immobilization

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Endotracheal Intubation
Registration Number
NCT02733536
Lead Sponsor
Medical University of Warsaw
Brief Summary

The aim was to evaluate the performance of the C-MAC compared with Macintosh when performed in patients with immobilized cervical spine by unexperienced physicians.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • give voluntary consent to participate in the study
  • limited experience (<5 intubations) with "real-life" intubation using direct laryngoscopy
  • novice phhysicians
Exclusion Criteria
  • not meet the above criteria
  • practice with any videolaryngoscopy
  • wrist or low back diseases
  • pregnancy

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time required for successful intubation1 day
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
success rate of intubation attempt1 day

success rate of first intubation attempt

Cormack&Lehane grade1 day

glottic view during intubation rate using Cormack\&Lehane grade

Dental Compression1 day

the severity of the potential dental trauma was calculated based on previously described modified grading scale (Svoldelli, 2009)

Ease of intubation1 day

To access subjective opinion about the difficulty of each intubation method, participants were asked to rate it on a visual analog scale (VAS) with a score from 1 (extremely easy) to 10 (extremely difficult).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Emergency Medicine

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Warsaw, Masovia, Poland

Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Emergency Medicine
🇵🇱Warsaw, Masovia, Poland

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