Comparison of 2 Laryngoscopes for Endotracheal Intubation in Children Younger Than 2 Years Old

Loma Linda University (LLU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Endotracheal Intubation

Treatments: Device: Endotracheal intubation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01488370

5110244

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a prospective randomized clinical study to be performed in pediatric patients under the age of 2 years who are undergoing surgical procedures requiring endotracheal intubation. Time to endotracheal intubation will be compared between patients intubated using a GlideScope® video laryngoscope, those intubated with a Storz DCI® video laryngoscope, and those intubated by standard direct laryngoscopy. The study hypothesis is that the time to endotracheal intubation will be decreased in the Storz DCI® video laryngoscope group when compared to the GlideScope® video laryngoscope group and standard laryngoscopy.

Enrollment: 65 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 23 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pediatric patients under the age of 2 years undergoing surgeries requiring endotracheal intubation at LLUMC will be eligible for participation in this study

Exclusion criteria

• Children with increased pulmonary aspiration risk;
• Prior documentation of difficult endotracheal intubation;
• Those that lack legal representative consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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65 participants in 3 patient groups

Glidescope

Active Comparator group

Description:

A device for endotracheal intubation.

Treatment:

Device: Endotracheal intubation

Storz

Active Comparator group

Description:

A device for endotracheal intubation.

Treatment:

Device: Endotracheal intubation

Standard Laryngoscope

Active Comparator group

Description:

A device for endotracheal intubation

Treatment:

Device: Endotracheal intubation