NCT03341507

Tracheal Intubation With the Rigid Tube for Laryngoscopy- a New Method

A Comparative Study Between the Rigid Tube for Laryngoscopy, as a New Tool for Tracheal Intubation, and McIntosh Laryngoscope in Difficult Airway Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (actual)
• Sponsor: Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the efficiency of the rigid tube for laryngoscopy for tracheal intubation in patients with presumed difficult airway and compare the classical laryngoscopy and this method in matter of glottis visualisation and tracheal intubation.

Detailed description

The rigid tube for laryngoscopy is a 15 to 30 cm long metallic tube with a bevel end and a diameter of 0.5-2.0 cm , an instrument used to inspect the larynx and surrounding areas. It resembles a rigid bronchoscope but it is shorter. When in use, it has to be attached to a light source. The hypothesis of the study stands that the rigid tube for laryngoscopy could be more efficient in tracheal intubation for difficult airway patients when the classical intubation with a curved blade laryngoscope is unsatisfactory. The retromolar approach in both sides together with bougie(intubating tube introducer) intubation is the technique of intubation used in this study.

Conditions

• Intubation;Difficult

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	classical laryngoscopy	the laryngoscopy with the McIntosh laryngoscope performed prior the use of rigid tube and the Cormack-Lehane glottis visualisation noted.
DEVICE	rigid tube for laryngoscopy	the view of glottis achieved with the rigid tub for laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation with an elastic gum bougie performed

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-02-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-01
• Completion: 2019-12-07
• First posted: 2017-11-14
• Last updated: 2021-04-09
• Results posted: 2021-03-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Romania