Clinical Acceptability of I-GEL® in Pediatric Patients: Comparison of Clinical Performance With Classic-LMA™

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Endotracheal Intubation

Treatments: Device: Laryngeal Mask Airway; Device: i-gel airway (Intersurgical Ltd., Wokingham, England)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01320163

H-1001-019-306

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed to determine whether a functional difference exists between the laryngeal mask airway (LMA)-Classic™ and i-gel in anesthetized children who have received neuromuscular blockade.

Enrollment: 108 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 9 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ASA I-II, Mallampati I or II, presenting for elective surgery who require general anesthesia in whom tracheal intubation is not necessary

Exclusion criteria

• Patients will be excluded from the study if they present as Mallampati III or IV, ASA III-V or emergency status
• upper airway abnormality

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind