Do we Intubate Faster With the Videolaryngoscope?

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Completed

• Conditions: General Anesthesia; Laryngoscopy
• Interventions: Device: Intubation by videolaryngoscopy; Device: intubation by direct laryngoscopy

• Registration Number: NCT05851664
• Lead Sponsor: Mongi Slim Hospital

Brief Summary

The Aim of the study was to determine the impact of the videolaryngoscpe on the time needed to intubate.

This was a Prospective, randomized, simple blinded study. The participants intubated patients for surgery under general anesthesia either with direct laryngoscpy or with videolaryngoscopy.

Detailed Description

Intubation on full stomach is at high risk of pulmonary suction. It must be quick, as this risk increases with the time needed to intubate. Videolaryngoscope (VL) is recommended in case of difficult airway. Yet, its interest in full stomach remains unclear, as the time needed to intubate with a VL is variable in literature. The Aim of the study was to determine the impact of the videolaryngoscpe on the time needed to intubate.

This was a Prospective, randomized, simple blinded study. The participants intubated patients for surgery under general anesthesia either with direct laryngoscpy or with videolaryngoscopy.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-03-31
• Study Completion: 2023-04-30
• Study First Submitted: 2023-04-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-04-30
• Status Verified: 2023-05
• Study First Posted: 2023-05-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-05-20
• Last Update Posted: 2023-05-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Age > 18 years-old;
• ASA status 1 to 3;
• General anesthesia and intubation.

Exclusion Criteria

• Difficult intubations criteria.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group vidéo Laryngoscopy (VL)	Intubation by videolaryngoscopy	Group VL: intubated with a video laryngoscope type McGrath
Group Direct laryngoscopy (DL)	intubation by direct laryngoscopy	Group DL: intubated with direct laryngoscopy type Macintosh.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time needed to intubate	during the intubation	Time needed to the operator to pass the tube through vocal cords in seconds

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Difficulty of the laryngoscopy	at the end of intubation	cormack anf lehane grade (1 to 4) 1 and 2 indicate easy laryngoscopy and 3 and 4 indicate difficult laryngoscopy
Major desaturation	during intubation	an oximetry under 90 %
Number of intubation attempts.	at the end of intubation	number of attempts needed to intubate

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mongi Slim hospital; 🇹🇳 Tunis, Tunisia