se of the Airtraq laryngoscope for bariatric surgery: influence of positioning
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Difficulties in intubation in obese patients with Airtraq laryngoscopeAnaesthesiology - Anaesthetics
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12610000136000
- Lead Sponsor
- Dante Ranieri Junior
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
Obese patients scheduled for bariatric surgery, after signed the Ethical Reconmendations
Exclusion Criteria
Refuse to participate.Non trated hiatal reflux, history of allergic reactions to succinilcoline or difficult intubation, bucal aperture less than 2cm.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to procedure intubation. When we are to proced an anesthesia in the obese patient, the time to intubation is very important because after the anesthetics effects, the abdominal fat pushes the lungs up and the tongue and larynx soft tissue falls and makes the ventilantion and oxygenations difficult, sometimes impossible. To avoid it we need to proced the intubation quickie. Our study aim is the compare between airtraq and macintosh laryngoscopes, wich one can make it easier and faster.[At baseline]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual field of the larynx.<br>There are a classification pourposed by Cormak and Lehane, about the vision of the laryngeal structures during a laryngoscopy. It is universaly used. The classifications have 4 grades. Grade I, we can see all structures. Grade II, we can see just the vocal cords partially. Grade III, we see only the epiglotys, and Grade IV, we can not see the larynx. All airway devices try to do a best vision, Grade I[At baseline];Oxygen level during intubation time.<br>Using a non invasive continuous pulse oximeter (Dash 3000, General Eletric, USA)[At baseline]