The investigators sought to compare the time to intubation and success rate of the endotracheal intubation using standard double-lumen tube and video tube ETView DL in an adult cadaver model in normal and difficult airway conditions.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
27
intubation using VivaSight DL tube
intubation using conventional double-lumen tube
Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Emergency Medicine
Warsaw, Masovia, Poland
Time required for endotracheal intubation
time from pick up the tube to first ventilation
Time frame: 1 day
Time required for visual confirmation of double lumen tube position position
Time required for visual confirmation of double lumen tube position position
Time frame: 1 day
success rate of intubation attempt
success rate of first intubation attempt
Time frame: 1 day
Ease of intubation
To access subjective opinion about the difficulty of each intubation method, participants were asked to rate it on a visual analog scale (VAS) with a score from 1 (extremely easy) to 10 (extremely difficult).
Time frame: 1 day
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