The Videolaryngoscopy in Small Infants
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Conditions studied: Surgery, Anesthesia, Endotracheal
In brief
Complications related to infant (≤ 1 year) airway management are under-appreciated because of few rigorous and targeted studies. Investigators have recently shown that multiple tracheal intubation (TI) attempts are a key risk factor for intubation-related complications in small children. Tracheal Intubation using Video laryngoscopy (VL) has become popular in anesthesiology practice because of several advantages over conventional direct laryngoscopy (DL). Studies show that VL improves the view of the airway compared to DL, requires fewer intubation attempts, but may take more time to intubate the trachea. This study compares first attempt success of VL to DL in infants presenting for elective surgery.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03396432
- Run by
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- People needed
- 566
- Starts
- 2018-06-04
- Expected to finish
- 2020-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-03-25
Who can join
Age: any, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Males or females age 0 to <12 months.
- Scheduled for non-cardiac surgery or procedure lasting longer than 30 minutes under general anesthesia where oral endotracheal intubation will be performed by an anesthesiology clinician.
- Subject/Parental/guardian permission (informed consent).
- Inclusion for clinician participants:
- Pediatric anesthesia attending, pediatric anesthesia fellows, and anesthesia resident
You may not qualify if…
- History of difficult intubation
- History with abnormal airway
- Predictive of difficult intubation upon physical examination
- Parents/guardians who, in the opinion of the investigator, may be unable to understand or give informed consent
Where it is running
- Boston Children's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- UT Southwestern Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States
- Seattle Children's Hospital — Seattle, Washington, United States
- Princess Margaret Hospital For Children — Subiaco, Perth, Australia
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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