Evaluation of the Single Use Flexible Optical Scope Versus Multiple Use Flexible Optical Scopes for Intubation

Rigshospitalet, Denmark60 enrolled

Overview

The study is in two parts Part one of the study describes the use of the new single-use flexible video-scope for intubation of patients with predicted normal airways. Part two compares the performance of the single-use flexible video-scope with that of a conventional flexible video-scope for awake intubation of patients with predicted difficult airways. The hypothesis is that the new single-use flexible video-scope for intubation performs as well as the traditional scope.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Tracheal Intubation Difficult Airway

Interventions

tracheal intubation with a single use flexible videoscopePROCEDURE

tracheal intubation with a single use flexible videoscope

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Study part 1: * Patients scheduled for tracheal intubation and predicted to have a normal airway * ASA class I, II or III * \>18 years 2. Study part 2: * Adult patients scheduled for tracheal intubation and predicted to have a difficult airway * ASA class I, II or III * \>18 years Exclusion Criteria: 1. Study part 1: * Massive bleeding from the mouth * Previously abandoned flexible optical intubation 2. Study part 2: * Massive bleeding from the mouth * Previously abandoned flexible optical intubation * Patients with audible stridor * Patients with dyspnea

Locations (1)

Rigshospitalet, section for anaesthesia for ENT and Maxillofacial surgery, section 3071

Copenhagen, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

time for completion of intubation

This, the time for intubation, is measured immediately during the intubation, on the day that the specific patient participates in the study

Time frame: September 2010

Secondary Outcomes

time for preparing and cleaning the endoscopes

this is measured in the hour before and after the intubation

Time frame: september 2010

number of intubation attempts