A Comparative Study of the Air-Q ILA and the ILMA for Ventilation and Intubation

N/AWithdrawnNCT01209559

Nova Scotia Health Authority

Overview

The objective of this study is to determine if the glottic view obtained with the air-Q Intubating Laryngeal Airway (air-Q ILA, Cookgas LLC®, Mercury Medical®, Clearwater, FL, USA) is better than that obtained with the traditionally used intubating laryngeal mask airway (LMA FastrachTM or ILMA, LMA North America Inc., San Diego, CA). The study will also compare effectiveness of ventilation.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Airway Management

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * healthy ASA class I and II patients scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia requiring the use of the LMA Exclusion Criteria: * history of acid reflux, * a BMI ≥ 40kg.m-2, * require endotracheal intubation, * have predictors of difficult intubation, * not candidates for insertion of an ILMA or LMA, including a mouth opening of less than 2.5 cm, * cannot consent to the study

Locations (1)

QEII Health Sciences Centre

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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