Evaluation of the C-MAC Video Laryngoscope After Failed Direct Laryngoscopy
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Unexpected Difficult Airway
- Sponsor
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Enrollment
- 50
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Success rate of endotracheal intubation using the C-MAC video laryngoscope
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 15 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the C-MAC video laryngoscope in difficult airway situations.
Detailed Description
Unanticipated difficulties during tracheal intubation and failure to intubate are among the leading causes of anaesthesia related morbidity and mortality. Using the technique of video laryngoscopy, the alignment of the oral and pharyngeal axis to facilitate endotracheal intubation is obsolete. In this study we evaluate the C-MAC video laryngoscope (STORZ, Tuttlingen, Germany) for endotracheal intubation in difficult intubation situations (Cormack \& Lehane (CL) grade 3 and 4) validated by Macintosh laryngoscope. We hypothesize that endotracheal intubation is possible using the C-MAC in patients after failed direct laryngoscopy. We also examine whether visualisation of the glottis is improved with this device compared to direct laryngoscopy and possible complications such as soft tissue injury.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Unexpected difficult airway
Exclusion Criteria
- •History of difficult or impossible mask ventilation
- •Age \< 18 years
- •ASA grade \> 3
- •Emergency surgery
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Success rate of endotracheal intubation using the C-MAC video laryngoscope
The investigators evaluate the C-MAC as an alternative after failed direct laryngoscopy. Primary outcome measure is the success rate using the C-MAC video laryngoscope in unexpected difficult airways.
Secondary Outcomes
- - improved glottic view
- - complications
- - numbers of intubation attempts
- - size of blade (C-MAC)