A randomized controlled study on the usefulness and shape of stylets in tracheal intubation using video laryngoscopy in pediatric patients

JRCT ID: jRCT1032240575

Registered date:23/12/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: The patient scheduled for tracheal intubation under general anesthesia
• Date of first enrollment: 23/12/2024
• Target sample size: 60
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

We randomize the patients assigned to one of three groups, with 20 cases in each group:
1. A group using an endotracheal tube without a stylet for tracheal intubation
2. A group using an endotracheal tube with a C-shaped stylet for tracheal intubation
3. A group using an endotracheal tube with a double-curve stylet for tracheal intubation

Outcome(s)

Primary Outcome

1)Number of trials
2)Presence or absence of external laryngeal manipulation
3)Smoothness of tracheal intubation procedure
4)Time to visualize the larynx
5)Time to intubate the trachea

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: Not applicable
• Age maximum: < 10age old
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

1)The patient who are performed tracheal intubation under general anesthesia
2)The patient younger than 10 years old
3)The patient who has good state of the general condition
4)The patient in whom physician can obtain written informed consent from parents

Exclude criteria

1)The patient who has an operation in emergency
2)The patient that difficult airway is expected
3)The patient at high risk of aspiration

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Asai Takashi