Laryngeal View With Videolaryngoscopy

Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypoxemia; Respiratory Aspiration

Treatments: Procedure: Cricoid pressure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01635179

Glo-anaest-2012

Details and patient eligibility

About

To prevent bronchial aspiration during induction of anaesthesia it has been a common procedure to perform a cricoid pressure, called Sellicks Maneuver, to occlude esophagus, and thereby prevent aspiration. During the last ten years the efficiency of this maneuver has been discussed, since it probably prolong the intubation time and do not significantly reduces the risk of aspiration.

The hypothesis is that Sellicks Maneuver prolong the time of intubation and reduces the view of the laryngeal inlet, during intubation with a videolaryngoscopy.

The hypothesis is tested by a double-blinded randomized study where patients is intubated twice, with and without Sellicks Maneuver, in a randomized order. The specific cricoid pressure is blinded to the personal performing the intubation.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ASA 1-2, BMI < 35,
• no indication for rapid sequence induction,
• age > 18,
• able to give consent.

Exclusion criteria

• ASA > 2,
• BMI > 35,
• RSI

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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50 participants in 1 patient group

Cricoid pressure

Experimental group

Description:

A cricoid pressure of 30 N is done to occlude esophagus under a rapid sequence induction.

Treatment:

Procedure: Cricoid pressure