A Comparison of McGrath MAC®, Pentax-AWS® and Macintosh Direct Laryngoscopes for Nasotracheal Intubation

Ajou University School of Medicine123 enrolled

Overview

A comparison of intubation time, difficulty of intubation in nasotracheal intubation using McGrath MAC®, Pentax-AWS® and Macintosh direct laryngoscopes

This trial is prospective randomized trial. The Objects are adult patients who need nasotracheal intubation for surgery. Using computed randomized table, participants are assigned to three groups, McGrath MAC®, Pentax-AWS® and Macintosh direct laryngoscopes. The intubation will be done by One expert anesthesiologist who have more than 10 years experience. Investigators compare intubation time, success rate and difficulty between three groups.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

123

Conditions

Intubation;Difficult

Interventions

McGrathDEVICE

McGrath videolaryngoscope

PentaxDEVICE

Pentax videolaryngoscope

MacintoshDEVICE

Macintosh direct laryngoscope

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age \> 19 years old * ASA I or II * Patients who need nasotracheal intubation for surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Anatomical deformity in head and neck * Modified Mallampati score IV * Bleeding tendency in preoperative evaluation

Locations (1)

Ajou university schoole of medicine

Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Intubation time

from endotracheal tube pass the nostril to end-tidal CO2 appear

Time frame: within 5 minutes

Secondary Outcomes

Success rate

Failure defined intubation time more than 120sec or SaO2 less than 95%

Time frame: within 5 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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