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Head Position on Pediatric Nasotracheal Intubation

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Intubation
Registration Number
NCT05164276
Lead Sponsor
Ajou University School of Medicine
Brief Summary

The aim of study is to evaluate whether the head position facilitates pediatric nasotracheal intubation when using a video-laryngoscope.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
108
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 2-8 years old
  • Amerian Society of Anesthesiologists I or II
  • Patients who need nasotracheal intubation for surgery
Exclusion Criteria
  • A recent airway infection within 14 days
  • Anatomical deformity in head and neck
  • Modified Mallampati score IV
  • Bleeding tendency in preoperative laboratory examination

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Intubation timeWithin 5 minutes

The time between entry of the nasotracheal tube into a nostril and appearance of a carbon dioxide wave on the monitor.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Epistaxis scoreWhen removing the video-laryngoscope

grade 1 (no-epistaxis), grade 2 (mild, blood on the tube only), grade 3 (moderate, blood pooling in the pharynx), or grade 4 (severe: blood impedes intubation)

Numeric rating scale of intubation difficultyDuring intubation

Subjective intubation difficulty from 0 (easiest) to 10 (most difficult)

Intubation difficulty scaleDuring intubation

The sum of score from seven variables including intubation attempts, supplementary operators, the use of alternative techniques, glottic exposure, the lifting force applied during laryngoscopy, the necessity of applied external laryngeal pressure, and position of vocal cords.

From 0 (easiest) to 8 (most difficult)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ajou University School of Medicine

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Suwon, Gyeong-gi, Korea, Republic of

Ajou University School of Medicine
🇰🇷Suwon, Gyeong-gi, Korea, Republic of
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