Patients undergoing elective surgery with general anesthesia
Conditions
Interventions
Prior to the study, all residents receive the same pre-clinical training course including manikin practice.
The participants are asked to intubate the patients using an Airtraq, PENTAX-AWS, or Macinto
Sponsors
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hiroshima University Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who are elder over 18 yr have to undergo elective surgery under general anesthesia requiring tracheal intubation, and have to be classified as American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-III.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients are excluded from the trial if they have a known or predicted difficult airway, oropharyngeal pathology, cervical spine disease, a body mass index >30 kg/m2, or are at increased risk of regurgitation of gastric contents, or where there is a history of relevant drug allergy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We assesse success rate, intubation time, and number of attempts of each device. At the end of the study period, each resident score the difficulty of the intubation attempts for each device. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We assesse complications from the use of each device. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactShinji Kusunoki
Hiroshima University Hospital Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Outcome results
None listed