Intubation; Difficult or Failed, Obesity
Conditions
Keywords
obesity, Intubation
Brief summary
Obesity patients are more common in recent years. They have potential difficult airway. Two different video devices are popular used in Taiwan, video larygoscope and video stylet. We compared video larygoscope (McGrath MAC) and video stylet (Trachway) during elective surgery require tracheal intubation with obesity patients. The control group is traditional laryngoscope. 325 patients would be enrolled, above 100 patient each group.
Interventions
DEVICEMcGrath MAC
Intubaion with McGrath MAC
DEVICETrachway
Intubaion with Trachway
Sponsors
Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Elective surgery needs intubation * ASA I to III * BMI\>30kg/m2
Exclusion criteria
* Head and neck cancer * Skull, neck fracture * Tracheal trauma * NPO\< 8hr * Lung disease with hypoxemia * Mental Disorders * Patient wouldn't be extubated after operation immediately * Contraindicated to muscle relaxant
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Time to Intubation | 10 minute | Total intubation duration |
| Intubation difficulty | 10 minute | Including Intubation difficulty scale, inubation attempt times, number of operator |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Any injury during intubation | 24 hours | Including sore throat, hoarseness, trauma |
Countries
Taiwan
Contacts
Primary ContactChing-Hsuan Huang
Outcome results
None listed