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Impact of Blades Used for Scheduled Orotracheal Intubation on Postoperative Sore Throat

NCT01118533 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 712

Last updated 2016-06-10

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Summary

Orotracheal intubation following general anesthesia requires blades to be performed. The risk of patients contamination with infectious agents related to reusable metal blades leads to promote single-use blades. Some of these latter are plastic and this material may need more strength to lift the jaw and expose the larynx before orotracheal intubation. Sometimes, change of blade, from plastic to metal, during the procedure is necessary to increase the larynx exposure. This change of blade may increase the frequency of sore throat following orotracheal intubation.

Consequently, the study hypothesis is an increase of both sore throat intensity and frequency with the plastic blades compared with the metal blades.

The primary purpose of the present study is to compare the impact of these two types of blades, metal versus plastic, on sore throat intensity and frequency following scheduled orotracheal intubation for general anesthesia

Conditions

  • Tracheal Intubation Morbidity
  • Sore Throat

Interventions

DEVICE

metal reusable blades MacIntosh

laryngoscope blades

DEVICE

Single use plastic blades HEINE XP®

laryngoscope blades

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Serge Ndoko, MD · Hospital Center of Meaux

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-09-30
Completion
2015-09-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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