Glossopharyngeal Nerve Blockade for Awake Videolaryngoscope Assisted Endotracheal Intubation in the Morbidly Obese

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Gagging

• Registration Number: NCT01791439
• Lead Sponsor: Royal Victoria Hospital, Canada

Brief Summary

The investigators wish to determine if application of 2% lidocaine soaked gauze to the peritonsillar pillars will decrease the amount of gagging caused by awake videolaryngocope assisted tracheal intubation in the morbidly obese.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-01
• Status Verified: 2013-02
• Study First Submitted: 2013-02-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-02-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-02-13
• Study First Posted: 2013-02-15
• Last Update Posted: 2013-02-15
• Primary Completion: 2013-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 24

Inclusion Criteria

• morbid obese patients scheduled for bariatric surgery, with a planned awake intubation.

Exclusion Criteria

• inability to communicate in English or french
• allergies to any study drugs
• any patient with an American society of anesthesiologists score of 4 or more

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Gagging	2 minutes	We will assess the amount of gagging during the awake intubation.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
vital signs	2 minutes	we will asses vital signs during intubation.
lidocaine levels	40 minutes

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Royal Victoria Hospital; 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada