Comparison of the CMAC® Device to the Airtraq® and the Macintosh Laryngoscope in Patients With Anatomical Characteristics Predictive of Difficult Tracheal Intubation.
Summary
It is essential that anaesthetists successfully perform orotracheal intubation in scenarios in which intubation is potentially more difficult, such as where anatomical characteristics predictive of difficult intubation are present.
The CMAC® Laryngoscope is a new intubating device. It is designed to provide a view of the glottis without alignment of the oral, pharyngeal and tracheal axes.
The CMAC may be especially effective in situations where intubation of the trachea is potentially difficult.
The efficacy of this device in comparison to the traditional Macintosh laryngoscope and other novel laryngoscopes is not known.
We aim to compare its performance to that of the Macintosh laryngoscope, the gold standard device, in patients with one or more anatomical characteristics predictive of difficult intubation.
We further aim to compare it to the Airtraq® device a device which has been shown to be superior to the Macintosh laryngoscope in previous trials.
Our primary hypothesis is that, in the hands of experienced anaesthetists, time to intubation would be shorter using the CMAC than using the Macintosh laryngoscope in patients with two or more anatomical characteristics predictive of difficult intubation.
We further hypothesize that the Airtraq® will be superior the CMAC® with one or more anatomical characteristics predictive of difficult intubation.
Study Design
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Conditions
Airway
Intervention
macintosh laryngoscope, C-MAC laryngoscope, Airtraq device
Location
Galway University Hospital
Galway
Ireland
Status
Not yet recruiting
Source
University College Hospital Galway
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01031940
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2010
Published on BioPortfolio: 2010-07-15T17:00:00-0400
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