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NCT Number: NCT02743767

Frequency of Airway Complications During General Anaesthesia After Introducing Five Handling Adaptations

The purpose of this study is to determine if five simple adaptations in airway management of patients undergoing general anaesthesia can reduce minor and major airway complications.

After a first detection of causes of airway complications during general anaesthesia investigators initiated five different interventions in airway management, which were: immediate bag-valve mask ventilation after administering of muscle relaxants, optimized preoxygenation, introducing of a preinterventional checklist, increased usage of video laryngoscopy and immediate change of provider in case of failed intubation.

In a second phase of this observational study investigators want to evaluate if these five interventions can reduce minor and major airway complications during general anaesthesia.

Additionally, investigators want to record how many critical incidents (CIRS) occur during this observational period and how many of them will be reported by the involved stuff.

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Key information

Conditions

Airway Complications

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University Hospital

Bern, Canton of Bern, CH-3010, Switzerland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Must receive a general anaesthesia with any form of airway management

Exclusion criteria

  • Anaesthesia without airway management
  • Patients who do not give or who withdraw general consent

Treatment and study plan

Introducing five different treating adaptations

Procedure

Immediate Bag-valve mask ventilation after administering of muscle relaxants, optimized preoxygenation, introducing of a preinterventional checklist, increased usage of video laryngoscopy and immediate hand alternately if frustrated intubation.

Primary outcomes

  1. Reduction of airway complications after introducing five treatment adaptations

    Time frame: 2 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Postoperative side effects after routinely general anaesthesia

    Time frame: 2 months

  2. Frequency of reporting critical incident (CIRS)

    Time frame: 2 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Other

Registry information

Acronym: Papaya

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Apr 19, 2016
Registry last updated
Nov 10, 2016

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