Effect of using bougie versus endotracheal tube with stylet on first attempt success among patients with difficult airway undergoing emergency intubations in intensive care units, as the two devices aids the process of intubation and has shown to reduce the failure rates of intubation.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/01/048886
- Lead Sponsor
- M S Ramaiah Medical College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Patients above age of 18 years admitted to ICU undergoing orotracheal intubation under direct laryngoscopy using Macintosh blade with any one or more of the following predictors of difficult intubation features
1.Thyromental distance <6 cm
2.Hyomental distance <6
3.Sternomental distance <12.5cm
4.Neck circumference >40cm
5.History of obstructive sleep apnoea
6.History of previous difficult intubation
7.Large tongue
8.Cervical spine immobility or limited cervical spine extension
9.Inter incisor gap <3 cm
10.Buck teeth/ over bite of incisors
11.Retrognathia / chin length <9cm
12.Facial trauma
13.Suspected airway Edema
14.BMI >30
1.Patients below the age of 18 years
2.Pregnant women
3.Known anatomical abnormalities of upper airway or glottic structures [e.g.: epiglottitis, malignancy, laryngeal mass] as use of bougie has been known to be advantageous in these cases.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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