Intubation With McGrath Video Laryngoscope and Boedeker Intubation Foreceps in a Population of Patients With Predictors of Difficult Airway

Intubation With McGrath Video Laryngoscope and Boedeker Intubation Foreceps in a Population of Patients With Predictors of Difficult Airway, an Observational Pilot Study

Tracheal intubation with videolaryngoscopes have been widely studied, and is now often used in the management of difficult airways.

Videolaryngoscopes with angulated blades can improve laryngeal view, however this does not always match with a higher intubation succes. To adress this matter the aim of this study is gathering experience with intubation with mcgrath videolaryngoscope and a blade-shape intubation foreceps (Boedeker intubation foreceps, Karl Storz, Germany).

The hypothesis is that intubation with this combination is easy and can be a good alternative when using the McGrath videolaryngoscope in patients with predictors of difficult airway.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Patients With One or More Predictors of Difficult Airway
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Intubation with mcgrath videolaryngoscope and Boedeker intubation foreceps

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 25

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Denmark
  • Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100
    • Dept. of Anaesthesia, Centre of Head and Orthopedics 4231, Rigshospitalet

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients with one or more predictors of difficult airway

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients scheduled for elective surgery
• age over 18 or more
• planned intubation with mcgrath videolaryngoscope
• informed conscent obtained
• patients are
• patients shall be able to read and understand Danish

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients planned to awake intubation
• stridor
• hypoxia defined by saturation under 90% without oxygen supply
• patients with oxygentreatment at home
• patients that need a wired tube
• patients that need a preshaped tube
• patients that need crash induction
• use of gastric tube

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
airway; Patients with one or more predictors of diffucult airway	Device: Intubation with mcgrath videolaryngoscope and Boedeker intubation foreceps; Patients will be intubated with the Mcgrath videolaryngoscope and a tracheal tube placed by Boedeker intubation foreceps; Other Names: Aircraft Medical McGRATH series 5 videolaryngoscope; Karl Storz Boedeker intubation foreceps

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Time to intubation	within one day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Sore throat		within 2 days
succesful intubation		within one day
Damage on teeth		2 days
Intubation difficulty	Intubation difficulty scale	within one day
Intubation conditions	a.m fuchs-buder	within one day
Intubation attempts		within one day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Rigshospitalet, Denmark
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Camilla Strøm, M.D, Dept. of anaesthesia, centre of head and orthopedics, Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): December 1, 2013
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): December 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 29, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 29, 2013
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): November 6, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE): October 27, 2014
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 24, 2014
• Last Verified: October 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: LP-CS-13