The Videolaryngoscopy in Small Infants (VISI) Trial
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The Videolaryngoscopy in Small Infants (VISI) Trial
IRAS ID
248275
Contact name
Thomas Engelhardt
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Complications related to infant (< 1 year) airway management are under-appreciated because of few rigorous and targeted studies. We have recently shown that multiple tracheal intubation (TI) attempts are a key risk factor for intubation-related complications in small children1. Tracheal Intubation using Video laryngoscopy (VL) has become popular in anesthesiology practice because of several advantages over conventional direct laryngoscopy (DL). Studies show that VL improves the view of the airway compared to DL, requires fewer intubation attempts, but may take more time to intubate the trachea. Our multicenter quality improvement project of children with difficult intubations demonstrated that using VL instead of DL was associated with fewer TI attempts and fewer complications.
REC name
East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 1
REC reference
18/ES/0127
Date of REC Opinion
13 Nov 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion