Difficult Airway Intubation
Conditions
Brief summary
We conducted an observational prospective pilot study to assess the efficacy of the VL3 videolaryngoscope for routinely tracheal intubation in 56 adults, in terms of successful rate, no. attempts and manoeuvre duration, including both normal and difficult airways.
Interventions
DEVICEVideolaryngoscopy with VL3
Tracheal Intubation aided by VL3 Videolaryngoscope
Sponsors
Campus Bio-Medico University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients candidates for general anesthesia in elective surgery * Age over 18 years * ASA physical status I-III.
Exclusion criteria
* Paediatric population * ASA physical status IV * Emergency tracheal intubation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of attempts | 30 minutes | Number of attempts for a successful tracheal intubation |
| Time to glottis visualization | 15 minutes | Time needed to visualize the glottis from the insertion of VL3 video laryngoscope into the patient mouth |
| Cormack-Lehane grade | 15 minutes | Cormack-Lehane grade observed at videolaryngoscopy |
| Tracheal intubation rate | 30 minutes | successful tracheal intubation rate using VL3 video laryngoscope |
| Total time of intubation | 15 minutes | Time needed to perform a tracheal intubation from the insertion of VL3 video laryngoscope into the patient mouth |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Presence of post-laryngoscopy side effects | 3 days | Presence of post-laryngoscopy side effects (bleeding, postoperative sore throat and/or dysphonia) |
| Need for external laryngeal pressure | 15 minutes | Need for external laryngeal pressure during laryngoscopy |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed