Supraglottic Airway Devices in Pediatric Difficult Airway Situations

Medical University of Vienna

Status: Completed

Conditions: Emergencies; Airway Morbidity

Treatments: Device: Combitube, Easytube, Laryngeal masks

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02572232

1805/2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to compare three supraglottic airway devices (Combitube, Easytube, laryngeal mask airway) to endotracheal intubation in a simulated difficult airway scenario in a pediatric manikin.

Full description

Supraglottic airway devices (SAD) have been designed for the "cannot intubate, cannot ventilate" scenario in prehospital as well as intrahospital settings and are utilized in medical emergency services and emergency departments all over the world, not only for anticipated and unanticipated difficult airway situations but also as an airway device used by non-anesthesiologists or in situations where only limited practice is possible. Securing an airway in a pediatric emergency situation is crucial. Unfortunately, pediatricians usually lack the required skills and regular practice to perform endotracheal intubation (ETI, which is the gold standard for securing an airway) quickly and safely. SADs would pose a safe and feasible alternative to ETI. However, no studies on this topic are available. The investigators therefore wanted to evaluate three different SADs (Combitube, Easytube, laryngeal mask airway) in simulated difficult airway situations in a pediatric manikin in comparison to ETI.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• pediatricians
• residents
• interns
• written informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

Combitube, Easytube, Laryngeal masks

Experimental group

Description:

Combitube, Easytube, Laryngeal mask airway are intubated in pediatric airway manikins by probands in randomized order.

Treatment:

Device: Combitube, Easytube, Laryngeal masks