Methods of securing a definitive airway in Cervical spine injured patients
Phase 3
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- patients admitted for elective surgeries
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/05/013870
- Lead Sponsor
- Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
1. ASA I and II
2. Age between 18 and 60 years
3. Undergoing elective surgery
4. Modified Mallampati grade I and II
5. BMI <30
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with cervical spine or oral pathology
2. Airway distortion(post burn contracture)
3. Mouth opening less than 3cm
4. Pregnant Patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time taken for intubation was defined as time taken from holding airway device for insertion to the first square shaped capnographTimepoint: Time taken for intubation was defined as time taken from holding airway device for insertion to the first square shaped capnograph
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umber of attempts taken <br/ ><br>Ease of intubation with the device (Airtraq/ILMA) as graded by Likert scale. <br/ ><br>Hemodynamic variables(HR,MAP) <br/ ><br>Complications if any (trauma to oropharyngeal structures, blood stains on device/ETT)Timepoint: 1) . In the ILMA group it was seen that the airway device was inserted in first attempt in 88% of patients while in rest of the patients (12%), a second attempt was needed. In the Airtraq group, airway of all patients (100%) was successfully secured in the first attempt <br/ ><br>2) Likert scale of 3 was for the ILMA group while 4 was given for Airtraq group by the operator <br/ ><br>3) Blood stain on removal of the ILMA device was seen in 2 patients as compared to none seen in the Airtraq group.