Status:
COMPLETED
Videolaryngoscopy in the Critically Ill
Lead Sponsor:
University of British Columbia
Conditions:
Endotracheal Intubation
Eligibility:
All Genders
16+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Endotracheal Intubation (ETI) is done to place a plastic tube in a patient's trachea (windpipe) to assist with breathing. Patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) are the sickest of patients...
Detailed Description
Hypothesis: In this study, we hypothesize that videolaryngoscopy (VL) is associated with a decreased risk of intubation failure compared to direct laryngoscopy in the critically ill. We also hypothesi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Any patient over the age of 16 years, requiring urgent (within 30 minutes) endotracheal intubation, who are attended to by the critical care team will be eligible for enrolment
Exclusion
- Patients who require intubation within 5 minutes or have contraindications to either of the study intubation technique will be ineligible
- cardiac arrest
- cardiopulmonary instability (oxygen saturation \<90% or systolic blood pressure \< 80 mmHg despite oxygen or fluid therapy)
- any clinical deterioration while awaiting randomization
- known prior or anticipated difficult intubation
- need for awake intubation (defined by sedation, topicalization and avoidance of neuromuscular blockade)
- pregnancy
- cervical spine precautions
- any patient deemed inappropriate for enrolment by the attending physician
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00911755
Start Date
July 1 2009
End Date
August 1 2012
Last Update
February 19 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Vancouver General Hospital, Intensive Care Unit
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 1M9