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

Ajou University School of Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intubation;Difficult

Treatments: Device: McGrath; Device: Pentax; Device: Macintosh

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03337555

AJIRB-MED-OBS-17-327

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 123 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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123 participants in 3 patient groups

Macintosh

Active Comparator group

Description:

intubation using Macintosh direct laryngoscope

Treatment:

Device: Macintosh

McGrath

Experimental group

Description:

intubation using McGrath MAC®

Treatment:

Device: McGrath

Pentax

Experimental group

Description:

intubation using Pentax-airway scope®

Treatment:

Device: Pentax