Data-driven Development of a Core Dataset for Difficult Airway Alerts

Data-driven Development of a Core Dataset for Documentation of Difficult Airway Alerts - a Secondary Analysis of Pooled Database From Three Prospective Studies - the FingAIRprint Project

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07275567

Acronym

FingAIRprint

Enrollment

1785

Registered

2025-12-10

Start date

2019-04-01

Completion date

2025-11-30

Last updated

2025-12-10

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Airway Complication of Anesthesia, Airway Management, Intubation; Difficult or Failed

Keywords

Difficult airway alerts, Airway alert cards, Airway documentation, Electronic health records

Brief summary

Previous difficult airway management is the most accurate predictor of future difficulty. Consistent documentation is paramount for future airway planning, but requires reliable, reproducible and easily accessible information. Currently, anaesthesia alert cards are often based on analogue hard copies while they lack a clinically meaningful core data set allowing structured reproducible documentation and risk estimation. Further, existing alert cards are often inconsistently used and clear triggers for issuing of airway alert cards are widely undefined. The FingAIRprint project aims to develop a justifiable core data set using a data-driven approach in patients undergoing tracheal intubation with videolaryngoscopy or direct laryngoscopy, that is intended to be used for documentation of digital airway alerts.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients undergoing general anesthesia with tracheal intubation * Informed consent obtained * Age \> 18 years

Exclusion criteria

* Indication for intubation via a bronchoscope or awake intubation * Pregnant women

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Difficult airway alert	1 hour	Documented by the airway operator following tracheal intubation (y/n)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Recommendation for awake tracheal intubation	1 hour	Recommendation for future airway planning documented by the airway operator after tracheal intubation (y/n)
Recommendation for camera-assisted tracheal intubation	1 hour	Recommendation for future airway planning documented by the airway operator after tracheal intubation (y/n)

Countries

Germany

Outcome results