CompletedNot Applicable

Infrared Transillumination of the Front of the Neck

Denmark24 participantsStarted 2019-05-01

Plain-language summary

Infrared light is applied to the front of the neck of patients for awake flexible optical intubation. The infrared light can be detected by the camera at the tip of the flexible video-bronchoscope. The flexible scope is introduced into the trachea with or without the aid of the blinking infra red light and the ease of placement of the flexible scope is studied.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients scheduled for awake tracheal intubation over the insertion cord of a flexible video-trachea-bronchoscope. Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 years * Patients at high risk of aspiration of gastric content * Patients with hypoxia, saturation \< 90 % on ambient air * Patients with audible stridor at rest * American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) physical class \> 3 * contraindication for trans-crico-thyoid-membrane puncture (cancer, infection on the site, severely coagulopathies, inability to identify the crico-thyroid membrane)

What they're measuring

Fraction of cases where the blinking light is seen before the vocal cords are seen

Timeframe: 1 day of the procedure

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03930550

SponsorRigshospitalet, Denmark

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-01-06

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