Gum Elastic Bougie vs The Frova Airway Intubating Catheter when using the Glidescope for difficult intubation

Randomised controlled trial of Portex tracheal tube and Frova intubating introducers used with the GlideScope videolaryngoscope in simulated difficult intubation on intubation time (s) and success rate (%) in patients with American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) grade 1 or 2 physical status who required tracheal intubation for elective surgery.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12614000408684

Enrollment

Registered

2014-04-15

Start date

2011-08-03

Completion date

2013-07-17

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Background: A ‘bougie’ may be less traumatic than the GlideScope-specific intubating stylet during videolaryngoscopy-guided intubation, but no comparative studies of bougies have been performed. Objective: To compare the Portex tracheal tube introducer (PTTI) and Frova intubating introducer (FII) used with the GlideScope videolaryngoscope in simulated difficult intubation.

Interventions

Intervention: After standardised intravenous induction, cervical manual in-line stabilisation was performed to increase intubation difficulty. Intubation was performed under GlideScope videolaryngoscopy assisted by either the PTTI or the FII.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

The recruited patients required tracheal intubation for elective surgery and had American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) grade 1 or 2 physical status

Exclusion criteria

Those with known or suspected difficult intubation, cervical spine injury, raised intracranial pressure, risk of pulmonary aspiration, and risk of rapid oxygen desaturation were excluded

Outcome results