Tracheal Intubation of Morbidly Obese Patients. GlideScope Versus Direct Laryngoscopy

Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Intubation, Endotracheal; Anesthesia, General; Obesity

Treatments: Device: GlideScope; Device: Macintosh direct laryngoscope

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00917033

LHA GS 01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine whether orotracheal intubation in morbidly obese patients is faster, gentler and safer using the GlideScope videolaryngoscope than with the Macintosh direct laryngoscope.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Approved for elective bariatric surgery at Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen.
• Body Mass Index at least 35 kg/m2
• Written informed consent to participate

Exclusion criteria

• Mental illness
• Abuse of alcohol or other substances
• Previous difficult tracheal intubation
• Considered non-eligible for safety-reasons by the anesthetist in charge

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

GlideScope

Experimental group

Description:

Orotracheal intubation using the GlideScope videolaryngoscope

Treatment:

Device: GlideScope

Macintosh

Active Comparator group

Description:

Orotracheal intubation using the Macintosh direct laryngoscope

Treatment:

Device: Macintosh direct laryngoscope