Laryngoscope Prototype Tested Against the Traditional Macintosh Blade

Anesthesia, Intravenous Clinical Trial

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The primary objective is to evaluate a knewly developed blade (for intubating patients about to undergo surgery) and compare it to the traditional Macintosh blade

Clinical Trial Description

Intubation of patiens can be difficult, even impossible. It can result in different complications as damage to the teeth, lacerations of the mucosa, bleeding, fractures/luxations, hypoxia, hypercapnia, reflex bradycardia and in worst case braindamage and death.

The more difficult the intubation is the more frequent complicationrate. We believe to have developed a laryngoscopeblade that hopefully eases the intubationproces and thereby reduces the complicationrisk.

The patients included in this study is patients who are undergoing elective surgery requering intubation. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anesthesia, Intravenous

• NCT number: NCT00378170
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Herlev Hospital
• Contact: Ulrik Grevstad, MD
• Phone: +4525348390
• Email: basviola@get2net.dk
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2006