The present randomized clinical trial wants to compare the efficacy and safety of UED-A videolaryngoscope to Glidescope Titanium for routinely tracheal intubation in 60 adults, in terms of successful rate, no. attempts and manoeuvre duration.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Tracheal Intubation with UED-A videolaryngoscope
Tracheal Intubation with Glidescope Titanium videolaryngoscope
Campus Bio-medico University Hospital Foundation
Rome, Italy
Tracheal intubation rate
Successful tracheal intubation rate
Time frame: 30 minutes
Number of attempts
Number of attempts for a successful tracheal intubation
Time frame: 30 minutes
Total time of intubation
Time needed to perform a tracheal intubation from the insertion of the video laryngoscope into the patient mouth
Time frame: 15 minutes
Time to glottis visualization
Time needed to visualize the glottis from the insertion of the video laryngoscope into the patient mouth
Time frame: 15 minutes
Cormack-Lehane grade
Cormack-Lehane grade observed at videolaryngoscopy Grade 1: Full view of glottis Grade 2: Partial view of glottis Grade 3: Only epiglottis seen, none of glottis seen Grade 4: Neither glottis nor epiglottis seen
Time frame: 15 minutes
Rate of External laryngeal pressure
Rate of external laryngeal pressure during laryngoscopy
Time frame: 15 minutes
Rate of of post-laryngoscopy side effects
Rate of of post-laryngoscopy side effects (bleeding, postoperative sore throat and/or dysphonia)
Time frame: 24 hours
Rate of Desaturation
Rate of Desaturation (spO2 \< 93%) during tracheal intubation attempts
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Time frame: 15 minutes
Satisfaction Scale
Clinicians Satisfaction with the use of the videolaryngoscope, expressed by a 0-10 numeric rating scale (0 = the worst videolaryngoscopy ever performed; 10 = the best videolaryngoscopy ever performed)
Time frame: 30 minutes