Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02382887
Comparison by Neuromonitoring of Two Techniques of Tracheal Intubation in Patients With Unstable Cervical Spine
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Lausanne Hospitals · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 16 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Patients who present with an unstable cervical spine following an accident need a general anesthesia for the necessary surgery. Commonly, the management of the tracheal intubation is performed by a fiberoptic technique. However, changes in equipment availability and quality may challenge the fiberoptic intubation technique. The investigators wish to compare the tracheal intubations performed with the Airtraq in comparison with the fiberscopic technique.
Detailed description
Patients who present with an unstable cervical spine following an accident need a general anesthesia for the necessary surgery. Commonly, the management of the tracheal intubation is performed by a fiberoptic technique (historic gold standard technique). However, changes in equipment availability and quality may challenge the fiberoptic intubation technique. We wish to compare the tracheal intubations performed with the Airtraq in comparison with the fiberscopic technique. Primary outcomes will be the changes in neurophysiologic responses monitored by a neurophysiologist in 5 specific phases: 1. Basal potential (BM): neuromonitoring while the patient is anesthetized, no movements 2. Ventilation potential (VM): neuromonitoring while the patient is anesthetized and a bag-mask ventilation is performed 3. Intubation potential (IP): neuromonitoring while the patient is being intubated with one of the two randomized devices 4. Post Intubation (PI): neuromonitoring after the patient has been intubated 5. Post Positioning (PP): neuromonitoring after the patient has been properly positioned on the operating table and is ready for surgery
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | tracheal intubation | tracheal intubation with the Airtraq |
| DEVICE | Airtraq | |
| DEVICE | fiberscope |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2009-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-08-01
- Completion
- 2017-08-01
- First posted
- 2015-03-09
- Last updated
- 2018-01-02
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Switzerland
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02382887. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.