TY - JOUR
T1 - Pediatric Trainees Managing a Difficult Airway
T2 - Comparison of Laryngeal Mask Airway, Direct, and Video-Assisted Laryngoscopy
AU - Ambrosio, Art
AU - Marvin, Kastley
AU - Perez, Colleen
AU - Byrnes, Chelsie
AU - Gaconnet, Cory
AU - Cornelissen, Chris
AU - Brigger, Matthew
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Objective: Difficult airway management is a key skill required by all pediatric physicians, yet training on multiple modalities is lacking. The objective of this study was to compare the rate of, and time to, successful advanced infant airway placement with direct laryngoscopy, video-assisted laryngoscopy, and laryngeal mask airway (LMA) in a difficult airway simulator. This study is the first to compare the success with 3 methods for difficult airway management among pediatric trainees. Study Design: Randomized crossover pilot study. Setting: Tertiary academic medical center. Methods: Twenty-two pediatric residents, interns, and medical students were tested. Participants were provided 1 training session by faculty using a normal infant manikin. Subjects then performed all 3 of the aforementioned advanced airway modalities in a randomized order on a difficult airway model of a Robin sequence. Success was defined as confirmed endotracheal intubation or correct LMA placement by the testing instructor in ≤120 seconds. Results: Direct laryngoscopy demonstrated a significantly higher placement success rate (77.3%) than video-assisted laryngoscopy (36.4%, P =.0117) and LMA (31.8%, P =.0039). Video-assisted laryngoscopy required a significantly longer amount of time during successful intubations (84.8 seconds; 95% CI, 59.4-110.1) versus direct laryngoscopy (44.9 seconds; 95% CI, 33.8-55.9) and LMA placement (36.6 seconds; 95% CI, 24.7-48.4). Conclusions: Pediatric trainees demonstrated significantly higher success using direct laryngoscopy in a difficult airway simulator model. However, given the potential lifesaving implications of advanced airway adjuncts, including video-assisted laryngoscopy and LMA placement, more extensive training on adjunctive airway management techniques may be useful for trainees.
AB - Objective: Difficult airway management is a key skill required by all pediatric physicians, yet training on multiple modalities is lacking. The objective of this study was to compare the rate of, and time to, successful advanced infant airway placement with direct laryngoscopy, video-assisted laryngoscopy, and laryngeal mask airway (LMA) in a difficult airway simulator. This study is the first to compare the success with 3 methods for difficult airway management among pediatric trainees. Study Design: Randomized crossover pilot study. Setting: Tertiary academic medical center. Methods: Twenty-two pediatric residents, interns, and medical students were tested. Participants were provided 1 training session by faculty using a normal infant manikin. Subjects then performed all 3 of the aforementioned advanced airway modalities in a randomized order on a difficult airway model of a Robin sequence. Success was defined as confirmed endotracheal intubation or correct LMA placement by the testing instructor in ≤120 seconds. Results: Direct laryngoscopy demonstrated a significantly higher placement success rate (77.3%) than video-assisted laryngoscopy (36.4%, P =.0117) and LMA (31.8%, P =.0039). Video-assisted laryngoscopy required a significantly longer amount of time during successful intubations (84.8 seconds; 95% CI, 59.4-110.1) versus direct laryngoscopy (44.9 seconds; 95% CI, 33.8-55.9) and LMA placement (36.6 seconds; 95% CI, 24.7-48.4). Conclusions: Pediatric trainees demonstrated significantly higher success using direct laryngoscopy in a difficult airway simulator model. However, given the potential lifesaving implications of advanced airway adjuncts, including video-assisted laryngoscopy and LMA placement, more extensive training on adjunctive airway management techniques may be useful for trainees.
KW - difficult airway
KW - direct laryngoscopy
KW - laryngeal mask airway
KW - medical education
KW - simulation
KW - video-assisted laryngoscopy
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U2 - 10.1177/2473974X17707916
DO - 10.1177/2473974X17707916
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078769798
SN - 2473-974X
VL - 1
JO - OTO Open
JF - OTO Open
IS - 2
ER -