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Comparison of Bed up Head Elevated Intubation Position With Glidescope Assisted Tracheal Intubation

NCT03357679 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 138

Last updated 2018-09-17

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Summary

Positioning during the process of tracheal intubation is critical, as optimal positioning can greatly facilitate successful intubation. Many complications can occur as a result of failed intubation, ranging from airway injury, lack of oxygen, with even deaths. Today, the most popular positioning of patients for intubation is in the "sniffing" position. There is however evidence to support that intubation in the bed-up-head-elevated position may be better. In today's technological age, video assisted laryngoscopy (Laryngoscopy is the process of visualizing the vocal cords prior to intubation), a new method where the anaesthetist intubates a patient via aid of an image guided view of the airway, is increasingly popular due to its reliability and superiority to normal intubation. However, it is not widely available, and may suffer from technical breakdowns. The Glidescope is one example of a video laryngoscope, and has been widely researched in the medical literature. In this study, the investigators wish to investigate whether intubation in the bed-up-head-elevated position will be as good as, if not better than Glidescope assisted tracheal intubation, in patients undergoing elective surgery and planned for general anaesthesia.

Conditions

  • Bed up Head Elevated Intubation Position

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Tracheal intubation

Intubation of the trachea with endotracheal tube

DEVICE

Glidescope assisted tracheal intubation

With the use of the Glidescope video laryngoscope, the trachea will be intubated with the endotracheal tube

DEVICE

Bed up head elevated tracheal intubation

Use of the Macintosh laryngoscope blade size 3

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Malaya

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Samuel E H Tsan, MD, BMedSc · University of Malaya

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-12-26
Primary Completion
2018-09-13
Completion
2018-09-13

Countries

  • Malaysia

Study Locations

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