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A Comparison of Tracheal Intubation Using the Totaltrack vs the Macintosh Laryngoscope in Routine Airway Management

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Endotracheal Intubation
Interventions
Device: orotracheal intubation
Registration Number
NCT02395445
Lead Sponsor
Manuel Ángel Gómez-Ríos
Brief Summary

Endotracheal intubation is usually required to allow unrestricted surgical approach. The Macintosh laryngoscope is the standard method. However in certain situations as difficult airway this technique is ineffective and poorly tolerated by the patient. Fiberoptic intubation is the gold standard in this scenario, however sometimes it is not possible due to failure or unavailability, so alternatives are needed. The TotalTrack (MedComflow SA, Barcelona, Spain) has been designed specifically for the airway management. However, despite its use in clinical practice, there are no comparative studies regarding direct laryngoscopy

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
205
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients undergoing elective general anesthesia requiring OTI.
  • Patients duly informed and they have signed the informed consent during the pre-anesthetic consultation, or be sought after due meditation, expressing its consent to the inclusion in the study.
  • Age ≥18 years.
  • ASA I-III.
  • Sufficient intellectual capacity to understand the procedure and equipment used.
  • Do not submit predictors of difficult airway (Mallampati class III or IV; thyromental distance <6 cm, sternomental distance <12.5 cm, interincisal distance<4.0 cm, bite test II or III, cervical mobility <90 ° or history of difficult intubation).
  • Do not undergo thyroid surgery or present pharyngolaryngeal, glottic or cervical pathology
  • BMI <30kg / m2
  • Not presenting risk factors for aspiration
  • Not presenting respiratory disease, coronary or cerebral vascular.
  • Do not have a sore throat preoperative
Exclusion Criteria
  • Failure to meet the above criteria
  • Pregnancy
  • Allergy to any drug included in the protocol.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Macintosh Laryngoscopeorotracheal intubationDirect laryngoscopy
Totaltrackorotracheal intubationIndirect laryngoscopy
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Total time of successful intubation with the Macintosh laryngoscope and TotalTrack.Time of Orotracheal intubation (TOTI) (up to 1 hour)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of attempts of endotracheal intubationTOTI (up to 1 hour)
IDS ScaleTOTI (up to 1 hour)
POGO ScoreTOTI (up to 1 hour)
number of maneuversTOTI (up to 1 hour)
ComplicationsOTI and postintubation ( up to 24 hours)
Position taken by the anesthesiologist during orotracheal intubationTOTI (up to 1 hour)
endotracheal intubation success rate of each deviceTOTI (up to 1 hour)
hemodynamic responseOTI pre and postintubation (up to 10 minutes)

Heart Ratio, Arterial Pressure

Degree of satisfactiontime of postintubation (up to 10 minutes)

Visual Analogic Scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Manuel Ángel Gómez-Ríos

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A Coruña, Spain

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