Intubation With Storz Videolaryngoscope® Versus Airtraq® - in an Infant Population

Rigshospitalet

Status: Completed

Conditions: Videolaryngoscopy; Infant; Intubation

Treatments: Device: Storz videolaryngoscope; Device: Airtraq

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01090726

1A-INF-STORZ-AIR

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the pilot study is to compare new laryngoscopes for infants by assessing the equipment best suited to assist the intubation, with the best overview, shortest time to intubation and use these numbers to make a sample size calculation for the full protocol. The investigators hypothesis is that the Storz videolaryngoscope® has a better success rate than infants (<2 years). The patients will be optimally anaesthetized with neuromuscular blockade for the intubation. All patient will be evaluated with af Macintosh blade laryngoscope, with an Airtraq® or a Storz videolaryngoscope®, and finally intubated with the other one of the later, which the patient was randomized to.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 month to 2 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elective surgical patients ASA-class 1-2 below the age of 2 years, with indication for intubation.
• Informed consent from parent.
• The parents must have legal custody of the child.
• The parents must be able to read and understand Danish.

Exclusion criteria

• Expected difficult airway.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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10 participants in 2 patient groups

Storz videolaryngoscope

Experimental group

Description:

Macintosh overview followed by Airtraq overview followed by Storz videolaryngoscope overview and intubation.

Treatment:

Device: Storz videolaryngoscope

Airtraq

Active Comparator group

Description:

Macintosh overview followed by Storz videolaryngoscope overview followed by Airtraq overview and intubation.

Treatment:

Device: Airtraq