Comparative Effectiveness of Intubating Devices in the Morbidly Obese

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

This prospective, randomized study will compare the effectiveness of 4 different airway intubating devices which are most commonly used. The four different devices are as follows: McGrath video laryngoscope, GlideScope video laryngoscope, Video-Mac video laryngoscope, and Macintosh size 4 direct laryngoscope.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01114945

Run by

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

People needed

121

Starts

2010-05-01

Expected to finish

2011-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-04-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with a documented body mass index (BMI) of >35.
• Patients scheduled to undergo inpatient surgery procedures under general anesthesia.
• Willingness and ability to sign an informed consent document
• 18 - 80 years of age
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Class II- III adults of either sex.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who are deemed to be such a significant of an airway risk that they necessitate awake fiberoptic intubation
• Patients with a history facial abnormalities, oral-pharyngeal cancer or reconstructive surgery
• Emergency surgeries
• Pregnancy
• The inability to tolerate 0.2mg of glycopyrrolate based on tachycardia.
• Any other conditions or use of any medication which may interfere with the conduct of the study.

Where it is running

• Cedars Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States

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