Airway Complication of Anesthesia, Airway Management, Anesthesia, Intubation;Difficult, Laryngoscopy
Conditions
Keywords
Children, Airway management, Videolaryngoscopy, Endotracheal Intubation, Difficult Intubation
Brief summary
The study's primary aim is to develop and validate a multivariable diagnostic model for the prediction of difficult videolaryngoscopy (the 'PeDiAC classification') in children undergoing general anesthesia with tracheal intubation. The secondary aim is to compare the diagnostic performance of the PeDiAC-classification with the Cormack-Lehane classification.
Detailed description
Difficult tracheal intubation is one of the major reasons for anesthesia-related adverse events. Videolaryngoscopy has become an important part of the anesthesiology standard of care for difficult airway management in the past decades. This is especially relevant in children, as their airway anatomy differs greatly from adults because they are likely incapable of tolerating brief apneic episodes. Still, medical preconditions and procedural and technical factors related to difficult videolaryngoscopy have not been broadly investigated and not fully been understood. The primary aim of the PeDiAC study is to develop and validate a multivariable diagnostic model for the classification of difficult videolaryngoscopy (the 'PeDiAC classification') in children undergoing general anesthesia with tracheal intubation. Study planning and conduction are in accordance with the TRIPOD 'Transparent reporting of a multivariable prediction model for individual prognosis or diagnosis' statement. The secondary aim is to compare the diagnostic performance of the PeDiAC-classification with the Cormack-Lehane classification, which is the current clinical standard for assessing intubation via direct laryngoscopy. We conduct a prospective observational study that will include approximately 800 pediatric patients within one year scheduling for tracheal intubation. Patients with age below 18 years will be considered to be eligible for inclusion. Procedural and surgical data, as well as medical preconditions, will be assessed systematically. After tracheal intubation, performed by the responsible anesthetist, the intubation process will be rated by the responsible anesthetist and an additional independent observer, and detailed information regarding procedural and technical factors related to videolaryngoscopy will be documented. All sampled independent variables will be considered to be potential candidate predictors for the multivariable regression model.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Pediatric patients undergoing general anesthesia with tracheal intubation in the study center. * Informed consent obtained * Age \< 18 years
Exclusion criteria
* Anesthetist prefers conventional laryngoscopy * Indication for intubation via a bronchoscope or awake intubation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Difficult videolaryngoscopic intubation | 1 hour | Rating by the responsible anesthetist |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| First pass success rate | 1 hour | Percentage of successful intubations with one attempt |
| Overall success rate with the first-choice technique | 1 hour | Percentage of successful intubations without transition to another technique |
| Change of airway technique | 1 hour | Transition to a different technique, i.e. flexible bronchoscopy, surgical airway, supraglottic airway as clinically assessed (Yes/No) |
| Best glottic view | 1 hour | Best view on the larynx obtained during laryngoscopy assessed by Cormack/Lehane classification (grade I to IV) |
| Time to best view | 1 hour | Time until optimal view conditions during laryngoscopy |
| Intubation time | 1 hour | Time until successful tracheal intubation |
| Intubation difficulty, ease of intubation and quality of visualisation | 1 hour | Subjective ratings on visual analogue scales (0 to 100 with 0 being the best) |
| Number of attempts | 1 hour | Total number of laryngoscopy and intubation attempts until airway established |
| Post-intubation recommendation for an anesthesia alert cart | 1 hour | Recommendation of the responsible anesthetist (yes/no) |
| Post-intubation diagnosis of 'difficult intubation' | 1 hour | Rating of the responsible anesthetist |
| Airway-related adverse events | 1 hour | Laryngospasm, bronchospasm, larynx trauma, airway trauma, soft tissue trauma, oral bleeding, edema, dental damage, corticosteroid application, accidental esophageal intubation, aspiration, hypotension or hypoxia |
| Difficult bag-mask ventilation | 1 hour | As clinically assessed (yes/no) by the responsible anesthetist |
| Lowest oxygen saturation | 1 hour | Measured with pulsoxymetry during anesthesia |
| Hypercapnia | 1 hour | Measured endtidal carbon dioxide after successful intubation |
| Post-intubation recommendation for an intubation method | 1 hour | Requirement of recommendation for further intubations of the responsible anesthetist |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed