Comparison between endotracheal cuff inflation techniques and post operative laryngotracheal complaints
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: PCS- Health Condition 2: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/12/029991
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Jinu Joy
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Undergoing elective surgeries of less than 180 minutes duration
Exclusion Criteria
Patients undergoing head and neck surgery,
Patients with tracheostomy,
More than 2 attempts at intubation â?? anticipated difficult airway,
Use of nasogastric tube or throat packs,
Patients with upper respiratory tract infection
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the postoperative laryngotracheal morbidity on three different endotracheal cuff inflation techniques - Just seal method, constant pressure method and stethoscope guided method. And to assess the incidence of post intubation airway complications like sore throat, cough, hoarseness, dysphoniaTimepoint: Cuff volume in noted at the time of induction and cuff volume out measured before extubation and intracuff pressure will be monitored hourly throughout intraoperative period
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the incidence of post intubation airway complications like sore throat, cough, hoarseness, dysphoniaTimepoint: the above mentioned will be monitored for 24 hours postoperatively at 1 hour, 6 hour and 24 hour intervals.