NCT00847184

Comparison of Airtraq Versus MacIntosh Intubation Via Nasal Approach

Comparison of Airtraq vs. MacIntosh Intubation Via Nasal Approach

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kliniken Essen-Mitte · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Time, success rate, and number of optimising maneuvers for tracheal intubation via the nasal approach are not different when Aitraq technique is used compared to a standard MacIntosh blade.

Detailed description

One hundred adult patients with an expected easy intubation and 100 patients with an expected difficult intubation are enrolled. Intubations are performed by two experienced fully boarded anesthesiologists. The design of the study is prospective and randomised.

Conditions

• Tracheal Intubation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Intubation	Intubation using the standard MacIntosh blade
DEVICE	Airtraq	Intubation with the use of the Airtraq technique

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-02-01
• Primary completion: 2009-11-01
• Completion: 2009-11-01
• First posted: 2009-02-19
• Last updated: 2009-02-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany