Videolaryngoscopy Versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Endotracheal Intubation of Obese Patients: a Prospective Randomized Trial (VL or DL)

Jagiellonian University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intubating Laryngeal Airway

Treatments: Other: measurment of intubation time in seconds

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07004621

1072.6120.135.2023 (Cracow)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to either a Macintosh laryngoscope group ("Macintosh group") or a videolaryngoscope group ("Video group").

Full description

In the Macintosh group, intubation was performed with a standard curved Macintosh blade. In the Video group, intubation was performed with the assigned videolaryngoscope. If intubation proved difficult with the initially assigned device, anaesthesiologists could switch to the alternative method at their discretion (rescue technique).

Enrollment: 268 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

• Inclusion criteria: Adult patients (> 18 years) of both sexes with BMI > 35 kg/m² scheduled for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (ASA < IV).

• Exclusion criteria:

• Patient's refusal to participate.
• Known allergy to drugs used during anaesthesia.
• Chronic pain syndromes.
• Chronic opioid use.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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268 participants in 2 patient groups

Conventional

Active Comparator group

Description:

traditional laryngoscope for the first laryngoscopy

Treatment:

Other: measurment of intubation time in seconds

Video-Laryngoscope

Experimental group

Description:

video laryngoscope will be used to intubate half of the people

Treatment:

Other: measurment of intubation time in seconds