The purpose of the pilot study is to compare new laryngoscopes for infants by assessing the equipment best suited to assist the intubation, with the best overview, shortest time to intubation and use these numbers to make a sample size calculation for the full protocol. The investigators hypothesis is that the Storz videolaryngoscope® has a better success rate than infants (\<2 years). The patients will be optimally anaesthetized with neuromuscular blockade for the intubation. All patient will be evaluated with af Macintosh blade laryngoscope, with an Airtraq® or a Storz videolaryngoscope®, and finally intubated with the other one of the later, which the patient was randomized to.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
10
Storz videolaryngoscope being used for the actual intubation
Airtraq being used for the actual intubation
Department of Anaesthesia, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark
Success rate
Succes is defined by intubation being executed in the first try.
Time frame: 5 minutes
Time to Cormack evaluation
Time frame: 5 minutes
Time to intubation
Time frame: 5 minutes
Number of intubation attempts
Time frame: 5 Minutes
Quality of laryngeal overview before intubation
Evaluated by Cormack score
Time frame: 5 Minutes
Prevalence of post intubation stridor
Time frame: 12 hours
Intubation conditions
Time frame: 5 Minutes
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