Learning Curve of Optiscope by Anesthesia Providers

Jeju National University School of Medicine

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Intubation, Intratracheal

Treatments: Device: intubation using optiscope

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01974505

JejuNationalUniversityHospital

Details and patient eligibility

About

Optiscope (Clarus Medical, Minneapolis, MN, USA) is a semi-rigid fiberscope for endotracheal intubation. This study will investigate learning curve of Optiscope by anesthesia providers.

Enrollment: 140 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient who is scheduled general anesthesia for elective surgery

Exclusion criteria

• patient who is anticipated difficult airway
• patient who is needed rapid sequence induction
• Cervical injury

Trial design

140 participants in 1 patient group

intubation using optiscope

Experimental group

Description:

The investigators are novice on optiscope. They will perform intubation using optiscope to patients scheduled elective surgery.

Treatment:

Device: intubation using optiscope