Comparison of Airtraq Versus MacIntosh Intubation Via Nasal Approach

Kliniken Essen-Mitte

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Tracheal Intubation

Treatments: Device: Intubation; Device: Airtraq

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00847184

Airtraqnasal2009

Details and patient eligibility

About

Time, success rate, and number of optimising maneuvers for tracheal intubation via the nasal approach are not different when Aitraq technique is used compared to a standard MacIntosh blade.

Full description

One hundred adult patients with an expected easy intubation and 100 patients with an expected difficult intubation are enrolled. Intubations are performed by two experienced fully boarded anesthesiologists. The design of the study is prospective and randomised.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Scheduled for nasal intubation
• Adult

Exclusion criteria

• Age under 18 years

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

1. Airtraq

Active Comparator group

Description:

Intubation with the use of the Airtraq technique

Treatment:

Device: Airtraq

2. MacIntosh

Active Comparator group

Description:

Intubation using the standard MacIntosh blade

Treatment:

Device: Intubation