Study: Study to Compare Video Miller Device to Direct Laryngoscopy

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Surgeries Undergoing General Anesthesia

Treatments: Device: VideoMiller; Device: Direct Laryngoscopy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01371032

Pro00024542

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare:

the standard pediatric intubation instrument (Miller blade) used as direct laryngoscopy during tracheal intubation to the VideoMiller device (the standard pediatric blade with a camera attached, giving indirect view of the vocal cords in the screen). This intubation device is used to place the tube in the trachea to keep the patient breathing during the surgery procedure.

The anesthesiologist obtains a better view of the vocal cords looking at the screen provided by the VideoMiller.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 3 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients aged 3 years or younger undergoing anesthesia requiring endotracheal intubation.
2. Obtaining signed the informed consent by their parents or legal guardian.
3. American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification I - II or III

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients deemed to be at significant airway risk necessitating an awake fiber optic intubation
2. Patients with facial abnormalities, and/or oral-pharyngeal malformation.
3. Emergency operation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Video-Miller laryngoscope

Active Comparator group

Description:

using the screen (Video laryngoscopy group)

Treatment:

Device: VideoMiller

Direct laryngoscopy

Active Comparator group

Description:

without use the screen (Direct laryngoscopy group)

Treatment:

Device: Direct Laryngoscopy