Comparison of GlideScope Videolaryngoscopy to Direct Laryngoscopy for Nasal Intubation
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Nasal Intubation
- Registration Number
- NCT00400972
- Lead Sponsor
- Lawson Health Research Institute
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether nasal intubation assisted by GlideScope videolaryngoscopy is faster, easier, and less traumatic than nasal intubation with conventional direct laryngoscopy.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Inclusion Criteria
- any patient who is at least 18 years old
- patient requires nasal intubation for surgical indications
- operator has performed at least 10 prior GlideScope intubations (oral or nasal)
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Exclusion Criteria
- cervical spine abnormalities
- known difficult airway
- requires rapid sequence induction
- any other patient in whom the attending anesthesiologist believes usage of the GlideScope is contraindicated
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method time to intubation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method severity of patient sore throat on post-operative day 1 ease of intubation (VAS) incidence of trauma number of failures
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
London Health Sciences Centre
🇨🇦London, Ontario, Canada