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

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Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, IWK Health Centre

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3K 6R8