Intubation with an unchanneled videolaryngoscope mandates the use of a stylet. The Gliderite is a stylet specially designed for videolaryngoscopes. The investigators aim to compare the efficacy of a new designed bougie for intubation in patients with simulated difficult airways.
Intubation with an unchanneled videolaryngoscope mandates the use of a stylet. The Gliderite is a stylet specially designed for videolaryngoscopes. The investigators aim to compare the efficacy of a new designed bougie for intubation in patients with simulated difficult airways. The primary endpoint will be time necessary for intubation, secondary endpoints will be injuries, ease of use and subjective assessment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
50
Tracheal intubation with Gliderite
Tracheal intubation with S-guide
Dpt of Anesthesiology, University of Lausanne CHUV
Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Time necessary to intubate
Time needed to pass tracheal tube through vocal cords
Time frame: 50 seconds
Standardized questionnaire assessing injury after intubation
Assessment of discomfort after procedure
Time frame: 50 seconds
Standardized questionnaire assessing ease of use of the intubation
assessment by doctor of ease of intubation
Time frame: 50 seconds
Subjective ease of use of the intubation assessed by questionnaire
assessment by doctor of ease of intubation
Time frame: 50 seconds
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