NCT01876940

Comparison of Fiberoptic Intubation With Fiberoptic Intubation Through an Air-Q Intubating Laryngeal Airway in Infants and Small Children

A Randomized Comparison of Free-handed Fiberoptic Intubation Compared With Fiberoptic Intubation Through an Air-QTM Intubating Laryngeal Airway in Children Less Than Two Years of Age: Does Operator Experience Affect Time to Successful Tracheal Intubation?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Day – 2 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this prospective randomized study is to compare the effect of operator experience on the ability to use fiberoptic-guided intubation in children less than two years old, with and without the use of an air-Q as a conduit. The question the investigators are trying to answer is: Does the operator experience make a significant difference in the time for successful fiberoptic guided tracheal intubation with and without the use of an air-Q intubating laryngeal airway?

Detailed description

The aim of this study is to compare the effect of operator experience on the ability to use fiberoptic-guided intubation in children less than two years old, with and without the use of an air-Q as a conduit. The ease and time for placement of the air-Q, fiberoptic grade of laryngeal view, time for fiberoptic tracheal intubation, and peri-operative complications will also be assessed.

Conditions

• Fiberoptic Intubation in Children

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	air-Q, followed by fiberoptic intubation
DEVICE	Free-hand Fiberoptic Intubation	Fiberoptic tracheal intubation will be performed without use of the air-Q and timed. Laryngeal grade of view will also be assessed

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-06-01
• Primary completion: 2013-07-01
• Completion: 2013-07-01
• First posted: 2013-06-13
• Last updated: 2013-07-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States