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Teaching fiberoptic-assisted tracheoscopy in very low birth weight infants: A randomized controlled simulator study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We developed a fiberoptic-assisted tracheoscopy (FAST) method to avoid direct laryngoscopy during surfactant replacement therapy and compared two training approaches on a very low birth weight (VLBW) infant simulator.

Design

This prospective randomized controlled study was conducted at the Department of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.

Participants

We recruited physicians, trainees, students, and nurses without prior experience in endoscopic techniques.

Interventions

Participants were assigned randomly to a group that received instructions according to Peyton's Four-Step Approach and a control group that received standard bedside teaching only.

Main outcome measures

Primary endpoints were the total and the component times required to place the bronchoscope and the method success.

Results

We recruited 186 participants. Compared with the control group, the Peyton group had a lower mean (±standard deviation) FAST completion time (33.2 ± 27.5 s vs. 79.5 ± 47.9 s, p < 0.001; d = 1.12) and a higher FAST success rate (95% vs. 84%, p = 0.036, V = 0.18).

Conclusion

After standardized training, the vast majority of novices completed FAST successfully. Peyton's four-step approach resulted in faster and more successful performance than standardized training.

SUBMITTER: Wolf M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9492998 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Teaching fiberoptic-assisted tracheoscopy in very low birth weight infants: A randomized controlled simulator study.

Wolf Monika M Seiler Berenike B Vogelsang Valentina V Sydney Hopf Luke L Moll-Koshrawi Parisa P Vettorazzi Eik E Ebenebe Chinedu Ulrich CU Singer Dominique D Deindl Philipp P

Frontiers in pediatrics 20220908

<h4>Objective</h4>We developed a fiberoptic-assisted tracheoscopy (FAST) method to avoid direct laryngoscopy during surfactant replacement therapy and compared two training approaches on a very low birth weight (VLBW) infant simulator.<h4>Design</h4>This prospective randomized controlled study was conducted at the Department of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.<h4>Participants</h4>We recruited physicians, trainees, stud ...[more]

PMID: 36160788

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Teaching fiberoptic-assisted tracheoscopy in very low birth weight infants: A randomized controlled simulator study.

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Conclusion

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