The Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) Unique and the Air-Q Intubating Laryngeal Airway (ILA) in Pediatric Patients

Completed

Conditions studied: Children

In brief

The air-Q® intubating laryngeal airway (ILA) is an supraglottic device used for both airway maintenance during routine anesthesia and as a conduit for tracheal intubation for patients with a difficult airway. The investigators goal for this study is to compare the performance of the ILA with the current standard of care the standard LMA during routine anesthesia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01314248

Run by

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

People needed

50

Starts

2010-12-01

Expected to finish

2011-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-07-30

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 3. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy children undergoing general anesthesia using a supraglottic airway device
• 6 months to 36 months of age
• 10 to 15 kilograms in weight

You may not qualify if…

• Active respiratory infection
• History of difficult mask ventilation
• Features or history of a difficult airway
• Gastrointestinal reflux disease
• Clinically significant pulmonary disease

Where it is running

• Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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