Tracheal Intubation
Conditions
Keywords
Tracheal Intubation, Lightwand
Brief summary
For tracheal intubation with a lightwand, adequate bending angle was not exactly investigated. The purpose of the study is compare three bending angles of lightwands for safe and efficient tracheal intubation.
Detailed description
Lightwands are very useful device for difficult airway management due to small moth opening, weak teeth, and cervical spine instability. Experienced clinicians use a lightwand while bending it adequately. However, there has been not previous studies to investigate the adequate angle to bend it. This randomized controlled trial is to compare three angles (70, 80, and 90 degrees) as bending angle of lightwands for safe and efficient tracheal intubation in cases which require the use of lightwands.
Interventions
PROCEDUREbending angle of a lightwand
For tracheal intubation, investigators will bend the tracheal tube combined a lightwand by assigned angles (70, 80, or 90 degrees) for each patient. Next a practitioner will perform tracheal intubation with the bent tube.
Sponsors
SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center
Seoul National University Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients who require use of a lightwand for tracheal tubes (i.e. small mouth opening, weak teeth, cervical spine instability)
Exclusion criteria
* patients who refuse to participate the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sore throat | After surgery | After surgery, investigators evaluate VAS score for sore throat of the patients. |
| Intubation time | Intraoperative | from initiation of tracheal intubation with a lightwand after bending it to completion of tracheal intubation |
Countries
South Korea
Outcome results
None listed