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| University of Western Ontario, Canada | OTHER |
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Patients presenting for elective surgery requiring orotracheal intubation will be randomized to being intubated with either the GlideScope Groove video-laryngoscope or the standard GlideScope video-laryngoscope.
See above. The primary outcome is time to intubation.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| GlideScope Groove | Experimental | Patients will be intubated using the GlideScope Groove device. (Verathon) |
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| Control: Standard GlideScope | Active Comparator | Control: Patients will be intubated using standard practice, a standard GlideScope (Verathon) |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| GlideScope Groove | Device | Patients will be intubated using the GlideScope Groove device. (Verathon) |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Duration of Intubation | Duration of Intubation - Mask removal to ETCO2 confirmation | Day 1 |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Ease of intubation | Ease of intubation as noted by operator (measured on a 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale) | Day 1 |
| Incidence of trauma | Incidence of trauma |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Timothy Turkstra, MD, M. Eng | UWO | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| London Health Sciences Center University Hospital | London | Ontario | N6A5A5 | Canada | ||
| London Health Sciences Centre Victoria Campus |
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| Control: Standard GlideScope | Device | Patients will be intubated using the standard GlideScope. (Verathon) |
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| Day 1 |
| Number of failures to intubate | Number of failures to intubate | Day 1 |
| Use of external laryngeal pressure | Use of external laryngeal pressure | Day 1 |
| Laryngoscopic grade distribution | Laryngoscopic grade distribution according to Cormack and Lehane classification | Day 1 |
| Sore Throat | Patients will be surveyed with respect to the incidence of post-operative sore throat. | Day 3 |
| London |
| Ontario |
| N6A5a5 |
| Canada |