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NCT Number: NCT02805569

Comparison of Intubation Conditions of the Articulating Stylet and Intubating Stylet Guided Videolaryngoscopy

Indirect videolaryngoscopes provide an improved view of the glottis. Unfortunately enhanced video blade angulation leads to difficulty in passage of the endotracheal tube (ETT) towards the larynx around the steep blade angulation despite adequate visualization of the glottis. Pre-shaping the ETT with the rigit malleable stylet is recommended. The investigators hypothesized that using articulating stylet (AS) would enhance first attempt intubation, shorten the intubation time, reduce the possibility of the soft tissue trauma compared to conventional intubation stylet (IS) in patients with difficult airway .

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Key information

Conditions

Difficult Intubation

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Ministry of Health Diskapi Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital Ankara, Turkey

Ankara, 06110, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Patients with known airway difficulty (anticipated difficult airway (ADA) score >6) will be included to the study.

All patients will receive general anesthesia for a variety of elective surgical procedure. Tracheal intubation will be performed by senior anesthesiologist. Patients will be intubated using AS-videolaryngoscope (n= 24) or IS-videolaryngoscope (n=24) randomly. Patients demographic details (age 18-65 yr, body mass index, ASA phisical status), ADA scores, Cormack-Lehane scores, intubation difficulty scores, intubation attempts, intubation time, hemodynamic variables, sore throat, anesthesiologists satisfaction will be recorded.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • ASA 1-2 physical status (Anticipated difficult airway) ADA scores >6 Elective surgery

Exclusion criteria

  • ASA 3-4 physical status Immobilizedcervical spine

Treatment and study plan

articulating stylet

Device

patient who intubated with articulating stylet

conventional stylet

Device

patient who intubated with conventional stylet

Primary outcomes

  1. intibation time

    Time frame: Through intubation completion, an avarage of 5 minutes

    Total intubation time (second)

Secondary outcomes

  1. tracheal intubation attempts

    Time frame: Through intubation completion, an avarage of 5 minutes

    number of intubation attempts

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Diskapi Teaching and Research Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Comparison of Intubation Conditions of the Articulating Stylet and Intubating Stylet Guided Videolaryngoscopy in Patients With Difficult Airway

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jun 20, 2016
Registry last updated
Apr 3, 2018

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