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Awake Intubation V-MAC VS

NCT03742830 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2020-01-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Nowadays, the gold standard for difficult airway management is awake intubation with a flexible fiberscope. Alternatively, when the flexible fiberscope is unable to facilitate tracheal intubation, rigid stylets may be used. One newly developed rigid video stylet also features a flexible tip (C-MAC VS, Karl Storz AG, 78532 Tuttlingen, Germany). The distal angular offset of the C-MAC VS, in which the camera and light sources are integrated, can be aligned (up to 60°) to the patient's anatomical structures to facilitate intubation.

Although awake intubation is less comfortable for the patient and more time consuming, there are several reasons why this is often performed. The investigators plan a prospective observational with 36 participants using the C-MAC VS on adult patients with indication for awake oral intubation.

To ease the placement of the tube (intubation), the investigators will use local anesthesia of the mucosa in the mouth, pharynx and larynx.

The main purpose of the study is to prove the feasibility of successful awake intubation with the C-MAC VS in adult patients. If the new device proves reliable in facilitating awake oral, future patients benefit from an additional tool that allows fast and safe intubation in difficult airway situations.

Conditions

  • Intubation;Difficult

Interventions

DEVICE

C-MAC VS

C-MAC VS, Karl Storz AG, 78532 Tuttlingen, Germany It has a flexible tip and a distal angular offset, in which the camera and light sources are integrated. It can be aligned (up to 60°) to the patient's anatomical structures to facilitate intubation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert Greif, Prof.Dr.med. · University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-06
Primary Completion
2019-09-30
Completion
2019-09-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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