Tracheal Intubation
Conditions
Brief summary
Videolaryngoscopes become widely used. The aim of this study is to compare McGrath Mac videolaryngoscope to conventional MacIntosh laryngoscope in patients without known risk of difficult of mask ventilation and of tracheal intubation.
Interventions
DEVICEMacintosh laryngoscope
Sponsors
Hopital Foch
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patient scheduled for a general anesthesia with orotracheal intubation
Exclusion criteria
* predictable risk of difficult mask ventilation or of difficult tracheal intubation * necessity of a rapid sequence induction * contra-indication to sufentanil, to propofol, or to atracurium * ENT, thoracic surgery, or intracranial surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ease of tracheal intubation | 1 hour | Ease of intubation is measured using the Intubation Difficulty Scale (Adnet et al. Anesthesiology 1997;87(6):1290-1297) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Rate of esophageal intubation | one hour |
| Incidence of arterial oxygen desaturation (SpO2 <92%) | one hour |
| Rate of failure of tracheal intubation | one hour |
| Rate of hemodynamic abnormality | one hour |
| Postoperative throat pain | one day |
| Rate of use of alternative techniques for intubation | one hour |
| Score of Cormak and Lehane modified by Yentis | one hour |
| POGO (percentage of glottic opening) score | one hour |
| Postoperative hoarseness | one day |
| Questionnaire of Salditt-Isabel | one hour |
| Time to obtain the first capnogram (sec) | one hour |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed