Video Laryngoscope vs. Video Stylet During General Anesthesia With Obesity Patient

Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital325 enrolled

Overview

Obesity patients are more common in recent years. They have potential difficult airway. Two different video devices are popular used in Taiwan, video larygoscope and video stylet. We compared video larygoscope (McGrath MAC) and video stylet (Trachway) during elective surgery require tracheal intubation with obesity patients. The control group is traditional laryngoscope. 325 patients would be enrolled, above 100 patient each group.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

325

Conditions

Intubation; Difficult or Failed Obesity

Interventions

McGrath MACDEVICE

Intubaion with McGrath MAC

TrachwayDEVICE

Intubaion with Trachway

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Elective surgery needs intubation * ASA I to III * BMI\>30kg/m2 Exclusion Criteria: * Head and neck cancer * Skull, neck fracture * Tracheal trauma * NPO\< 8hr * Lung disease with hypoxemia * Mental Disorders * Patient wouldn't be extubated after operation immediately * Contraindicated to muscle relaxant

Locations (1)

Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital

Hualien City, Hualien, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Time to Intubation

Total intubation duration

Time frame: 10 minute

Intubation difficulty

Including Intubation difficulty scale, inubation attempt times, number of operator

Time frame: 10 minute

Secondary Outcomes

Any injury during intubation

Including sore throat, hoarseness, trauma

Time frame: 24 hours

Central Contacts

Ching-Hsuan Huang

CONTACT

+8863-8561825 velociraptor4226@gmail.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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