NCT02189590

Assessment of the I-gel and Air-Q Supraglottic Airways as Conduits for Tracheal Intubation in Children

A Randomized Comparison of the I-gel and Air-Q as Conduits for Fiberoptic-guided Tracheal Intubation in Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 96 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Month – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a difference in time for successful fiberoptic guided tracheal intubation through the i-gel or air-Q supraglottic airway.

Detailed description

The goal of this randomized study is to evaluate the efficacy of the i-gel as a conduit for fiberoptic tracheal intubation when compared to the air-Q in children. Intubations will be performed by residents in training. The primary outcome is of time for successful tracheal intubation. The investigators hypothesize that residents will intubate the trachea faster when using the air-Q as compared to the i-gel. The ease of placement of the supraglottic airway device, fiberoptic grade of laryngeal view, time for device removal after intubation, and peri-operative complications will also be assessed.

Conditions

• Tracheal Intubation in Children

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	i-gel	Patients randomized to this intervention will have the i-gel placed following induction of general anesthesia. Subsequent tracheal intubation will be performed using the device as a conduit for fiberoptic-guided intubation. Following successful tracheal intubation, the device will be removed.
DEVICE	air-Q	Patients randomized to this intervention will have the air-Q placed following induction of general anesthesia. Subsequent tracheal intubation will be performed using the device as a conduit for fiberoptic-guided intubation. Following successful tracheal intubation, the device will be removed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-07-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2014-09-01
• First posted: 2014-07-14
• Last updated: 2014-10-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States