C-MAC Video Laryngoscope and VS-CMAC Fiberoptic Stylet for Awake Endoscopic Intubation in Predicted Difficult Airways

Launched by UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE · Aug 25, 2020

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This is a clinical prospective randomized-controlled trial of non inferiority, set in the operating theatre of a terziary university hospital in Ancona (Ospedali Riuniti Ancona).

The aim of this study is to compare the intubation success rate, defined as correct positioning of the tracheal tube inside the trachea, between Videostylet (VS-Carl Storz™) and videolaryngoscope with hyperangulated blade (C-MAC - Carl Storz™) in patients with severe predicted difficult airways scheduled for elective surgery.

All patients enrolled in the study, examined in the pre-operative visit, will be asked f...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Schedule for elective surgery
• * Detection of one or more of the following anthropometric criteria predictive of difficult intubation at the preoperative visit:
• • 1. Limitation of Cervical spine movements (traumatic or surgical arthrodesis)
• • 2. Mallampati score = 4
• • 3. Thyromental distance \< 6 cm
• • 4. Interincisor distance \< 3 cm
• • 5. Suspected difficult ventilation via face mask
• • 6. Previous history of difficult or failed intubation
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • age \<18 years
• • refusal of the patient
• • urgent-emergency surgery
• • patient's respiratory failure