Airtraq Versus Standard Direct Laryngoscopy in the Pediatric Airway

IWK Health Centre50 enrolled

Overview

Time to intubate, view to glottic opening and success rate are not different when Airtraq technique is used compared to standard direct laryngoscopy in children.

50 children (age 5 years and 11 month or younger) with expected easy intubation, scheduled for elective surgery requiring endotracheal intubation are enrolled.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Endotracheal Intubation

Interventions

AirtraqDEVICE

Intubation using Airtraq

Direct LaryngoscopyDEVICE

Intubation using direct laryngoscopy

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMax age: 6 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * elective surgery requiring endotracheal intubation Exclusion Criteria: * predicted difficult bag-mask ventilation * predicted difficult intubation * rapid sequence induction * emergency endotracheal intubation * hemodynamic instability * emergency surgery * non-english speaking caregivers/parents

Locations (1)

Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, IWK Health Centre

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Time to intubation

Time frame: 1 day

Secondary Outcomes

Percentage of glottic opening seen

Time frame: 1 day

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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