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

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.