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External Validation of the MASCAN Score for the Classification of Difficult Mask Ventilation
Led by Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf · Updated on 2025-08-21
926
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
20 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
The MASCAN Score is a prospectively developed objective classification for difficult facemask ventilation. This prospective observational study aims to externally validate the MASCAN score in patients undergoing general anaesthesia for surgical procedures and to determine the influence of different approaches and techniques, such as the timing of neuromuscular blocking agents and manual versus controlled facemask ventilation. A secondary aim is to determine the diagnostic value of visual assessments of the capnography curve. Another secondary aim of the study is to compare the assessment of the first attempt success during tracheal intubation between the airway operator and an independent observer.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
External Validation of the MASCAN Score for the Classification of Difficult Mask Ventilation
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients who are scheduled for surgery with general anesthesia and require facemask ventilation and tracheal intubation after induction of anesthesia
- Patients aged 18 years or older
- Provided informed consent
You will not qualify if you...
- Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
- Required rapid sequence induction or other contraindications for facemask ventilation
- Planned awake tracheal intubation
- No consent given
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany, 20251
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Research Team
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Martin Petzoldt, MD
CONTACT
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Viktor A Wünsch, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
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Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
1
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