Bougie Use in Emergency Airway Management

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Acute Respiratory Failure

In brief

This prospective, open-label trial randomizes adult patients intubated in the ED with a Macintosh blade to use or not use a bougie for the first intubation attempt. The primary outcome is first pass success.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02902146

Run by

Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute

People needed

757

Starts

2016-09-27

Expected to finish

2017-08-20

Last updated by the study team

2019-06-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The patient must be undergoing orotracheal intubation in the ED with a Macintosh blade (using either video or direct laryngoscopy)
• The patient must be presumed to be 18 years of age or older at the time of enrollment.

You may not qualify if…

• Known anatomic distortion of the upper airway or perilaryngeal structures.
• Prisoner or under arrest
• Known or suspected to be pregnant, based on the opinion of the treating physician.

Where it is running

• Hennepin County Medical Center — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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