Status:
COMPLETED
Airtraq Versus Standard Direct Laryngoscopy in the Pediatric Airway
Lead Sponsor:
IWK Health Centre
Conditions:
Endotracheal Intubation
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 6 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Time to intubate, view to glottic opening and success rate are not different when Airtraq technique is used compared to standard direct laryngoscopy in children.
Detailed Description
50 children (age 5 years and 11 month or younger) with expected easy intubation, scheduled for elective surgery requiring endotracheal intubation are enrolled.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- elective surgery requiring endotracheal intubation
Exclusion
- predicted difficult bag-mask ventilation
- predicted difficult intubation
- rapid sequence induction
- emergency endotracheal intubation
- hemodynamic instability
- emergency surgery
- non-english speaking caregivers/parents
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00874016
Start Date
April 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2009
Last Update
December 16 2010
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, IWK Health Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3K 6R8