Videolaryngoscopy Versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Endotracheal Intubation of Obese Patients: a Prospective Randomized Trial

Jagiellonian University268 enrolled

Overview

Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to either a Macintosh laryngoscope group ("Macintosh group") or a videolaryngoscope group ("Video group").

In the Macintosh group, intubation was performed with a standard curved Macintosh blade. In the Video group, intubation was performed with the assigned videolaryngoscope. If intubation proved difficult with the initially assigned device, anaesthesiologists could switch to the alternative method at their discretion (rescue technique).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

268

Conditions

Intubating Laryngeal Airway

Interventions

measurment of intubation time in secondsOTHER

determine whether modern technologies such as videolaryngoscopy shorten intubation time.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

• Inclusion criteria: Adult patients (\> 18 years) of both sexes with BMI \> 35 kg/m² scheduled for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (ASA \< IV). • Exclusion criteria: * Patient's refusal to participate. * Known allergy to drugs used during anaesthesia. * Chronic pain syndromes. * Chronic opioid use.

Locations (1)

SP ZOZ Szpital Uniwersytecki w Krakowie

Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

determine whether modern technologies such as videolaryngoscopy shorten intubation time.

measurment of intubation time in seconds

Time frame: 1 day

Secondary Outcomes

complications

included the incidence of failed intubation with the assigned device, the number of intubation attempts, and the use of an introducer (bougie). Any intubation attempt that failed could be rescued with the alternative device.

Time frame: 1 day

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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