Comparison of videolaryngoscopy and direct laryngoscopy for intubation in emergency surgeries
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/06/019526
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Adult patients of either gender, belonging to ASA grade I to III, undergoing emergency surgeries requiring endotracheal intubation.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with maxillo-facial trauma
2. Suspected cervical injury requiring cervical spine immobilisation
3. Known or anticipated difficult airway
4. Patients with cardiac arrest undergoing CPR
5. Hemodynamically unstable patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the first attempt success rate of intubation using C-MAC videolaryngoscope and direct laryngoscope for rapid sequence intubation in emergency surgeries. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Immediately at confirmed endotracheal intubation, with the help of chest auscultation and capnography.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method modified Cormack Lehane (CL) gradingTimepoint: The glottic view during laryngoscopy will be scored using modified CL grading;Rescue device, if neededTimepoint: A maximum of 3 attempts will be taken before switching to a rescue device. Rescue device will be PLMA in both the groups, if failure occurs.;The total number of intubation attemptsTimepoint: An intubation attempt will be taken as insertion of the laryngoscope through the mouth, whether intubation was successful or not.;To compare the time taken to intubateTimepoint: This would be taken as time between insertion of blade into the mouth until the lungs were inflated and visible chest rise seen.