NCT03357679

Comparison of Bed up Head Elevated Intubation Position With Glidescope Assisted Tracheal Intubation

Comparison of Bed up Head Elevated Intubation Position With Glidescope Assisted Tracheal Intubation: A Randomised, Controlled, Non-inferiority Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 138 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Malaya · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Positioning during the process of tracheal intubation is critical, as optimal positioning can greatly facilitate successful intubation. Many complications can occur as a result of failed intubation, ranging from airway injury, lack of oxygen, with even deaths. Today, the most popular positioning of patients for intubation is in the "sniffing" position. There is however evidence to support that intubation in the bed-up-head-elevated position may be better. In today's technological age, video assisted laryngoscopy (Laryngoscopy is the process of visualizing the vocal cords prior to intubation), a new method where the anaesthetist intubates a patient via aid of an image guided view of the airway, is increasingly popular due to its reliability and superiority to normal intubation. However, it is not widely available, and may suffer from technical breakdowns. The Glidescope is one example of a video laryngoscope, and has been widely researched in the medical literature. In this study, the investigators wish to investigate whether intubation in the bed-up-head-elevated position will be as good as, if not better than Glidescope assisted tracheal intubation, in patients undergoing elective surgery and planned for general anaesthesia.

Conditions

• Bed up Head Elevated Intubation Position

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Tracheal intubation	Intubation of the trachea with endotracheal tube
DEVICE	Glidescope assisted tracheal intubation	With the use of the Glidescope video laryngoscope, the trachea will be intubated with the endotracheal tube
DEVICE	Bed up head elevated tracheal intubation	Use of the Macintosh laryngoscope blade size 3

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-12-26
• Primary completion: 2018-09-13
• Completion: 2018-09-13
• First posted: 2017-11-30
• Last updated: 2018-09-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Malaysia