Airtraq Versus Standard Direct Laryngoscopy in the Pediatric Airway

IWK Health Centre

Status: Completed

Conditions: Endotracheal Intubation

Treatments: Device: Airtraq; Device: Direct Laryngoscopy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00874016

Airtraq 4469

Details and patient eligibility

About

Time to intubate, view to glottic opening and success rate are not different when Airtraq technique is used compared to standard direct laryngoscopy in children.

Full description

50 children (age 5 years and 11 month or younger) with expected easy intubation, scheduled for elective surgery requiring endotracheal intubation are enrolled.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 6 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• elective surgery requiring endotracheal intubation

Exclusion criteria

• predicted difficult bag-mask ventilation
• predicted difficult intubation
• rapid sequence induction
• emergency endotracheal intubation
• hemodynamic instability
• emergency surgery
• non-english speaking caregivers/parents

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Airtraq

Active Comparator group

Description:

Intubation with the use of the Airtraq

Treatment:

Device: Airtraq

Direct Laryngoscopy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Intubation using direct laryngoscopy

Treatment:

Device: Direct Laryngoscopy