Intubation With McGrath Video Laryngoscope and Boedeker Intubation Foreceps in a Population of Patients With Predictors of Difficult Airway

Intubation With McGrath Video Laryngoscope and Boedeker Intubation Foreceps in a Population of Patients With Predictors of Difficult Airway, an Observational Pilot Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01976546

Enrollment

Registered

2013-11-06

Start date

2013-09-30

Completion date

2013-12-31

Last updated

2014-10-27

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Conditions

Patients With One or More Predictors of Difficult Airway

Brief summary

Tracheal intubation with videolaryngoscopes have been widely studied, and is now often used in the management of difficult airways. Videolaryngoscopes with angulated blades can improve laryngeal view, however this does not always match with a higher intubation succes. To adress this matter the aim of this study is gathering experience with intubation with mcgrath videolaryngoscope and a blade-shape intubation foreceps (Boedeker intubation foreceps, Karl Storz, Germany). The hypothesis is that intubation with this combination is easy and can be a good alternative when using the McGrath videolaryngoscope in patients with predictors of difficult airway.

Interventions

DEVICEIntubation with mcgrath videolaryngoscope and Boedeker intubation foreceps

Patients will be intubated with the Mcgrath videolaryngoscope and a tracheal tube placed by Boedeker intubation foreceps

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patients scheduled for elective surgery * age over 18 or more * planned intubation with mcgrath videolaryngoscope * informed conscent obtained * patients are * patients shall be able to read and understand Danish

Exclusion criteria

* Patients planned to awake intubation * stridor * hypoxia defined by saturation under 90% without oxygen supply * patients with oxygentreatment at home * patients that need a wired tube * patients that need a preshaped tube * patients that need crash induction * use of gastric tube

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Time to intubation	within one day

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
succesful intubation	within one day	—
Damage on teeth	2 days	—
Sore throat	within 2 days	—
Intubation conditions	within one day	a.m fuchs-buder
Intubation attempts	within one day	—
Intubation difficulty	within one day	Intubation difficulty scale

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026