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Measurement of Forces Applied Using a Macintosh Direct Laryngoscope Compared to GlideScope Video Laryngoscope

NCT01814176 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2016-12-07

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Summary

During Anesthesia many patients require that a breathing be inserted into their windpipe. This is usually achieved using a direct laryngoscope, consisting of a retraction blade with a light near its end. When achieving a direct line-of-sight to the windpipe is difficult, more force is often applied, resulting in greater patient stress. A GlideScope video laryngoscope uses a camera and light source to see the windpipe. This enables the user to see objects that may not be in the direct line-of-sight. This likely results in less force being required, reducing patient stress. Because such stresses are often confounded by patient variables, we are comparing the forces required by the direct and video laryngoscopes on patients with at least one risk factor for difficulty, by directly measuring these with special sensors attached to the laryngoscope blades.

Conditions

  • Moderately Difficult to Intubate

Interventions

DEVICE

Intubation with GlideScope Video Laryngoscope or Macintosh Direct Laryngoscope

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Health Network, Toronto

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-07-31
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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