Survey on COVID-19 Airway Management

NCT04487977 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: ISAM-COVID
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 5,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The objectives of this study are to analyze the best device for intubation in patients infected by SARS-CoV2 virus during COVID-19 pandemics and to review the optimal methods for airway management in such patients for elective surgery and in the Critical Care environment. Also, the safest methods for airway management in thoracic surgery will be analyzed. This study has a descriptive design with no hypothesis contrast, and it will explore the current picture in airway management in Spain. It is a multicentric international study, for all the centers where intubations of tracheostomies have been performed in patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV2 with positive PCR, either in the Critical Care setting or the operating room. A survey will be distributed among professionals who have been involved in airway management in COVID-19 patients in the following specialties: Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Prehospital Medicine, Cardiology and Pulmonology. The study started on april 2020 after receiving approval from the Ethics Committee (General University Hospital of Valencia) COVID-19 infection causes respiratory failure needing ventilatory support, which required endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy. This situation poses a significant risk of transmission due to its usual urgent nature, and it often happens in the context of respiratory claudication. For this reason, studying the safest and useful methods for airway management in this kind of patients, using data based on the clinical experience, may be of great interest in the future. Statistical analysis will be performed using Statistical Software R, . Technical characteristics will be described using frequencies and percentages for categorical variables, and means and standard deviations or medians and interquartile ranges for continuous variables, depending on normality tests. Base characteristics, center and years of experience will be compared. A sample size calculation is not necessary, since it is an explorative and voluntary study, trying to establish which are the regular routines in airway management in COVID-19 patients in Spain and Latin America.

Conditions

Airway Management

Keywords

airway; COVID-19; critical care; anesthesia; airway management

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Preferred device

  Preferred device for intubation in COVID-19 patients infected by SARS-CoV2

  During COVID-19 pandemics in each country, since the release of the survey until its closure, approximately 4 months

Study Arms (1)

Surveyed professionals

Other: Survey

Interventions

Survey OTHER

Answering a survey on airway management in COVID-19 patients

Surveyed professionals

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Professionals belonging to medical specialties involved in airway management who have performed intubation and/or tracheostomy maneuvers in COVID-19 patients during current pandemics.

You may not qualify if:

• Professionals not belonging to medical specialties involved in airway management or with no experience in intubation/tracheostomy maneuvers.
• Those not willing to answer the survey.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Spanish Society of Anesthesia and Critical Care (SEDAR): lead
• Confederation of Latin American Societies of Anaesthesiology (CLASA): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia

Valencia, 46022, Spain

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

COVID-19

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Central Study Contacts

Manuel Granell Gil, PhD

CONTACT

+34609232031; mgranellg@hotmail.com

Manuel Granell Gil

CONTACT

cov-viaerea@hotmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 23, 2020
• First Posted: July 27, 2020
• Study Start: April 22, 2020
• Primary Completion: September 30, 2020
• Study Completion: September 30, 2020
• Last Updated: July 27, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-07

Locations

ES (1)