Comaparison of two methods to desensitise the airway to pass a breathing tube in awake patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: G959- Disease of spinal cord, unspecified

• Registration Number: CTRI/2021/07/035144
• Lead Sponsor: Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2022-12-27
• Last Update Posted: 9 January 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

18-65 years

Patients of either gender

ASA I and II patients

Cervical spine pathology (cervical bone fractures, ligament instability, degenerative disc diseases, tumours, clinically relevant myelopathy) undergoing elective surgery of the cervical spine

Weight over 40 kgs

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who declined the awake fibreoptic procedure

Contraindications to the administration of glycopyrrolate (e.g. low cardiac output syndrome or clinically relevant tachycardia), midazolam or local anaesthetic agent;

Mental disability or forms of delirium;

Polytrauma patients and/or oro/nasal/pharyngeal bleeding;

Contraindication to the performance of translaryngeal injection (thyroid swelling, local infection, or laryngeal disorder). Pregnant patients, those with coagulopathy and those on anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents

Previous history of fibreoptic intubations or redo cervical spine surgeries

Patients requiring AFOI but lesions on posterior tongue, pharyngeal or laryngeal areas

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified