NCT00884754

Comparison of GlideScope-Specific Rigid Stylet to Standard Malleable Stylet for GlideScope Intubation by Novice Operators

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients presenting for elective surgery requiring tracheal intubation will be randomized to one of two different endotracheal tube (ETT) stylets. The intubation will be done with a GlideScope videolaryngoscope by a novice operator. The primary outcome is time to intubation.

Conditions

• Airway

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	GlideScope rigid stylet	Patients will be intubated either with a rigid stylet meant to be used with the GlideScope, or with a standard malleable stylet used with other modalities of intubation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-03-01
• Primary completion: 2009-11-01
• Completion: 2009-11-01
• First posted: 2009-04-21
• Last updated: 2011-01-11
• Results posted: 2011-01-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada