A Comparison of McGrath, Pentax and Macintosh Laryngoscopes for Nasotracheal Intubation in Pediatrics

Ajou University School of Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intubation Difficulty Scale; Intubation Time

Treatments: Device: Pentax videolaryngoscope; Device: Macintosh laryngoscope; Device: McGrath videolaryngoscope

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02828631

AJIRB-MED-OBS-16-145

Details and patient eligibility

About

Videolaryngoscope provide better view of the larynx. This better view could improve the navigation of endotracheal tube in nasotracheal intubation. Contrast to the improved result in adult, one previous report using Glidescope in children did not show better performance than direct laryngoscope. The aim of this study is to compare the performance of McGrath, Pentax and Macintosh laryngoscope for nasotracheal intubation in children.

Enrollment: 108 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 10 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• American Society of Anesthesiologist physical status class I, II

Exclusion criteria

• abnormality of airway
• bleeding tendency

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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108 participants in 3 patient groups

Macintosh laryngoscope

Active Comparator group

Description:

Nasotracheal intubation by Macintosh laryngoscope

Treatment:

Device: Macintosh laryngoscope

McGrath videolaryngoscope

Experimental group

Description:

Nasotracheal intubation by McGrath videolaryngoscope

Treatment:

Device: McGrath videolaryngoscope

Pentax videolaryngoscope

Experimental group

Description:

Nasotracheal intubation by Pentax videolaryngoscope

Treatment:

Device: Pentax videolaryngoscope