Status:
COMPLETED
A Comparison of the Ease of Tracheal Intubation Using a McGrath MAC Laryngoscope and a Standard MacIntosh Laryngoscope
Lead Sponsor:
NHS Tayside
Conditions:
Tracheal Intubation
Eligibility:
All Genders
16+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Videolaryngoscopes offer the potential to make tracheal intubation easier for the anaesthetist and less traumatic for the patient. This study aims to compare the intubation difficulty scores (a valida...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Elective procedure requiring oral tracheal tube intubation
- Over 16 years of age
- Airway assessment suggests to the anaesthetist that a standard MacIntosh laryngoscope approach to intubation would be appropriate.
Exclusion
- Emergency procedure
- Less than 16 years of age
- Unable to consent
- Requiring Rapid Sequence Induction (a specialised anaesthetic induction technique)
- Predicted difficult intubation
- Not suitable for the standardised induction technique
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
158 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01516164
Start Date
March 1 2012
End Date
February 1 2014
Last Update
October 6 2014
Active Locations (1)
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NHS Tayside
Tayside, Tayside, United Kingdom