Comparison of Routine Endotracheal Intubation With McGrath Videolaryngoscope and Pentax AirwayScope

Ajou University School of Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intubation

Treatments: Device: McGrath Videolaryngoscope; Device: Pentax Airwayscope

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02997488

AJIRB-DEV-OBS-16-473

Details and patient eligibility

About

Recently many kinds of indirect videolaryngoscopes were developed. These videolaryngoscopes provide easier intubation, help intubation difficulty, are used good tool for education. McGrath Videolaryngoscope and Pentax AirwayScope are kinds of these videolaryngoscopes.

The purpose of this study is to compare of routine endotracheal intubation with McGrath Videolaryngoscope and Pentax AirwayScope by means of providing better laryngeal view, easier and faster intubation.

Enrollment: 140 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status (ASA) 1 or 2

Exclusion criteria

• a suspected difficult airway (Mallampati score Ⅳ)
• known cervical spine injury
• required rapid sequence induction
• emergency operation

Trial design

140 participants in 2 patient groups

McGrath

Description:

McGrath Videolaryngoscope

Treatment:

Device: McGrath Videolaryngoscope

Pentax

Description:

Pentax Airwayscope

Treatment:

Device: Pentax Airwayscope