Efficacy of McGRATH®MAC videolaryngoscope blade 1 for tracheal intubation in small children: a randomized controlled clinical study

Background Videolaryngoscopes may not be as effective in small children as they are in older children and in adults. The size 1 blade is commercially available for the McGRATH®MAC videolaryngoscope (Covidien, Medtronic, Tokyo, Japan), but its efficacy in comparison with a Macintosh laryngoscope blade 1 is not known. Aim The main aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of McGrath®MAC blade 1 in comparison with a conventional Macintosh laryngoscope blade 1, in children aged less than 24 months. Methods Thirty-eight children aged less than 24 months were randomly allocated to one of two groups, and tracheal intubation was attempted using either a direct laryngoscope with a Macintosh blade 1 or a videolaryngoscope with a McGRATH®MAC blade 1. In another 12 children aged 2–4 years, the same comparisons were made with blade 2. The primary outcome measure was time to tracheal intubation using a size 1 blade. Results Tracheal intubation took significantly longer with a McGRATH®MAC blade 1 (median (interquartile range): 38.0 (31.8–43.5) s) than with the Macintosh blade 1(27.4 (25.9–29.2) s) (p < 0.0001; median difference (95% CI for the median difference): 10.6 (6.4–14.0) s), mainly due to difficulty in advancing a tube into the trachea. No significant difference was observed for the size 2. Conclusions In small children without predicted difficult airways, time to intubate the trachea was significantly longer for a McGRATH®MAC blade 1 than a Macintosh blade 1. Clinical trial registration jRCT1032220366..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

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Journal of anesthesia - 37(2023), 4 vom: 13. Juni, Seite 582-588

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Masui, Katsuhide [VerfasserIn]
Asai, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Saito, Tomoyuki [VerfasserIn]
Okuda, Yasuhisa [VerfasserIn]

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Infants
Neonates
Tracheal intubation
Videolaryngoscopes

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10.1007/s00540-023-03207-2

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OLC2144768943