Flexible video endoscope versus Macintosh laryngoscope for orotracheal tracheal intubation in the lateral position: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tracheal intubation with the patient in the lateral position is difficult because the laryngeal view is compromised during direct laryngoscopy. Flexible video endoscopes may facilitate intubation even when laryngeal views are poor on direct laryngoscopy because the patients are positioned laterally. Thus, this trial aims to compare the efficacy of flexible video endoscopes to Macintosh laryngoscopes for orotracheal intubation in the lateral position and to investigate their feasibility, i.e., whether the use of the two devices in combination can secure the airway when endotracheal intubation in the lateral position has failed using one device.

Methods

This will be a prospective, randomized, single-center, clinical trial. One hundred and seventy-four patients aged

SUBMITTER: Gao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6419850 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature