Incidence of Sore Throat With Traditional Intubation Blades or Glidescope Blade

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Intratracheal Intubation, Laryngoscopes, Postoperative Care, Risk Assessment

In brief

The purpose in this study is to determine whether there is a difference in the incidence of postoperative sore throat when using the GlideScope™ versus a traditional intubation blade involving patients that are not anticipated to have a difficult airway.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02033564

Run by

Jason Ngo, B.S.

People needed

151

Starts

2012-06-01

Expected to finish

2013-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-01-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male or female, aged 18 - 80 years old.
• Able to provide written informed consent and to comply with all study procedures
• Scheduled for elective inpatient or outpatient surgery requiring general anesthesia and orotracheal intubation.

You may not qualify if…

• Known difficult airway based on prior medical history
• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status score > IV
• Presence of abnormal cervical spine movement (normal > 90°)
• Airway Mallampati score ≥ III
• Thyromental distance ≥ 6
• Upper lip bite test ≥ 3
• Degree of retrognathia
• Previous medical history indicating patient has a known difficult airway
• Judgment that patient will require intubation post-operatively
• Are emergency surgery cases
• Are Ear-Nose-Throat (ENT) or neck surgery cases
• Have a planned post-operative ICU stay
• Inadequate Nil Per Os (NPO) status prior to surgical case
• Prisoner status

Where it is running

• Albany Medical Center Hospital — Albany, New York, United States

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