Status:
COMPLETED
Comparison of GlideScope-Specific Rigid Stylet to Standard Malleable Stylet for GlideScope Intubation by Novice Operators
Lead Sponsor:
London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Conditions:
Airway
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-85 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Patients presenting for elective surgery requiring tracheal intubation will be randomized to one of two different endotracheal tube (ETT) stylets. The intubation will be done with a GlideScope videola...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- any adult patient scheduled for elective surgery.
- ETT is indicated for the procedure in the opinion of the attending anesthesiologist.
- any operator who has performed ≤ 10 GlideScope intubations.
Exclusion
- any patient in whom the use of the GlideScope is contraindicated in the opinion of the attending anesthesiologist.
- Patient with known cervical spine abnormalities.
- any patients with known or probable difficult airways. (This rare occurrence is unlikely to be evenly distributed between the groups and could skew the data).
- any patient requiring rapid sequence induction.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00884754
Start Date
March 1 2009
End Date
November 1 2009
Last Update
January 11 2011
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London Health Sciences Centre
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5A5