Airtraq Versus Standard Direct Laryngoscopy in the Pediatric Airway
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Endotracheal Intubation
- Registration Number
- NCT00874016
- Lead Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre
- Brief Summary
Time to intubate, view to glottic opening and success rate are not different when Airtraq technique is used compared to standard direct laryngoscopy in children.
- Detailed Description
50 children (age 5 years and 11 month or younger) with expected easy intubation, scheduled for elective surgery requiring endotracheal intubation are enrolled.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
- elective surgery requiring endotracheal intubation
Exclusion Criteria
- predicted difficult bag-mask ventilation
- predicted difficult intubation
- rapid sequence induction
- emergency endotracheal intubation
- hemodynamic instability
- emergency surgery
- non-english speaking caregivers/parents
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to intubation 1 day
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Percentage of glottic opening seen 1 day
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, IWK Health Centre
🇨🇦Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, IWK Health Centre🇨🇦Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada