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Comparison of Two Novel Indirect Laryngoscopes to the Macintosh Laryngoscope in Patients With Cervical Spine Immobilization.

NCT01032460 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2010-11-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

It is essential that anaesthetists successfully perform orotracheal intubation in scenarios in which intubation is potentially more difficult, such as where the neck is immobilized.

The Airtraq® Laryngoscope and the CMAC are new intubating devices. They are designed to provide a view of the glottis without alignment of the oral, pharyngeal and tracheal axes.

These devices may be especially effective in situations where intubation of the trachea is potentially difficult.

The efficacy of these devices in comparison to the traditional Macintosh laryngoscope in situations where the cervical spine is immobilized is not known.

The investigators aim to compare the performances of the Airtraq® Laryngoscope and the CMAC to that of the Macintosh laryngoscope, the gold standard device, in patients in which the cervical spine has been immobilized by means of a Manual in-line stabilization of the spine.

Hypothesis: The primary hypothesis is that, in the hands of experienced anaesthetists, time to intubation would be shorter using the indirect laryngoscopes, than using the Macintosh laryngoscope in simulated difficult laryngoscopy.

Conditions

  • Immobilization

Interventions

DEVICE

intubate with the macintosh laryngoscope

intubate with the macintosh laryngoscope

DEVICE

intubate with the C-MAC laryngoscope

intubate with the C-MAC laryngoscope

DEVICE

intubate with the Airtraq device

intubate with the Airtraq device

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University College Hospital Galway

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-11-30
Completion
2010-11-30

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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