NCT00876967

Comparison of Three Laryngoscope Blades for Orotracheal Intubation in the Operating Room

Comparison of Performance of Three Laryngoscope Blades: Plastic Single Use, Metallic Single Use and Metallic Reusable Blades.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,040 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Caen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determinate if there is a difference in performance provided by three laryngoscope blades: plastic single use, metallic single use and metallic reusable blades.

Detailed description

Primary outcome: success of intubation at the first attempt Secondary outcomes: quality of laryngeal exposition (Cormack and Lehanne modify grade), duration to success intubation, Intubation difficult Scale and result of intubation procedure

Conditions

• Intubation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	metallic single use blade	metallic single use blade
DEVICE	plastic single use blade	plastic single use blade
DEVICE	metallic reusable blade	metallic reusable blade

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-01-01
• Primary completion: 2010-01-01
• Completion: 2010-02-01
• First posted: 2009-04-07
• Last updated: 2010-03-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France