A Stylet Use May be Beneficial for Elective and Rescue Intubation of Prematurely Born Infants

Charles University, Czech Republic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neonatology

Treatments: Procedure: Intubation with stylet

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06316765

118/10

Details and patient eligibility

About

Contrary to recent findings suggesting that stylets offer no advantage in general infant intubations, this study focuses on their potential benefits for premature infants undergoing elective or rescue intubation in the delivery room. The goal is to compare the safety and efficiency of intubations with or without a stylet.

Full description

Recent studies have found that using a stylet does not offer any benefits during intubation across a diverse infant population. The research, however, specifically targets extremely and very premature infants undergoing elective or rescue intubation in the delivery room. A single-center retrospective observational study was conducted to compare the number of intubation attempts, the duration of intubation until successful, and the rate of associated desaturations exceeding 20%. The outcomes were determined through video recordings and statistical analysis.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• intubation in the delivery room

Exclusion criteria

• both method used, video record not available

Trial design

70 participants in 2 patient groups

With stylet group

Description:

Intubation performed with stylet.

Treatment:

Procedure: Intubation with stylet

Without stylet group

Description:

Intubation performed without stylet.