Comparing Use of the Glidescope Cobalt to Direct Laryngoscopy in Infants

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intubation

Treatments: Device: Glidescope Cobalt Video Laryngoscopes; Device: Miller Laryngoscope

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01163656

10-007533

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators seek to prospectively compare intubation with the Glidescope Cobalt to Direct Laryngoscopy (DL) in infants.

Full description

We seek to study the intubation characteristics of a new video laryngoscope, the Glidescope Cobalt in children less than or equal to 1 yr of age. This evaluation would provide insight as to the efficacy of this device in facilitating intubation in infants.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 1 year old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Scheduled to undergo elective surgery at CHOP
2. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status I or II
3. Anesthetic plan requiring tracheal intubation with a neuromuscular relaxant
4. Parental/guardian permission (informed consent). Subjects will be too young to understand the study procedures and therefore assent will not be sought. -

Exclusion criteria

1. At known or anticipated high risk for aspiration pneumonia
2. Known or predicted difficult intubation as assessed by the clinical attending anesthesiologist
3. Emergency surgical procedure
4. Patients with preoperative airway pathology or stridor -

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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66 participants in 2 patient groups

Direct Laryngoscopy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Laryngoscopy will be performed with the randomized device, which will be the Miller Laryngoscope.

Treatment:

Device: Miller Laryngoscope

Glidescope Cobalt Video Laryngoscopy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Laryngoscopy will be performed with the randomized device, which will be the Glidescope Cobalt Video Laryngoscope.

Treatment:

Device: Glidescope Cobalt Video Laryngoscopes