FOR CONFIRMATION OF ENDO-TRACHEAL TUBE PLACEMENT WHICH TECHNIQUE IS BETTER IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS ? UPPER AIRWAY ULTRASONOGRAPHY OR END-TIDAL CAPNOGRAPHY ?

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: B- Imaging

• Registration Number: CTRI/2022/09/045860
• Lead Sponsor: Dr S N Medical College JODHPUR

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot Yet Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

The patients of age 5-14 yrs of either gender of ASA category I and II undergoing general elective surgeries under general anesthesia who are hemodynamically stable and declared fit in preanesthetic check-up.

Exclusion Criteria

Patient excluded from this study if refused by patientââ?¬•s parents, patients undergoing emergency surgery, patients with increased risk of aspiration and patients with abnormal or distorted anatomy of the pharynx, limited mouth opening, significant neurological, psychiatric, neuromuscular, cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal or hepatic disease or having any anatomical abnormality. Patients also excluded from this study who have obstruction of the airway beyond the larynx like foreign body, masses (cancer), strictures, congenital obstruction, vocal cord scarring, inflammatory conditions like laryngitis, bronchitis, laryngeal pappilomatosis etc. Patients also excluded from this study with decreased compliance of lungs like COPD, asthma, silicosis, asbestosis, pneumonitis etc. Patients also excluded from this study who have history of prematurity, seizures, syndromic babies and congenital heart disease and history of recent upper respiratory tract infection.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified