The Effect of Saline Flush after Rocoronium Bolus on the Proportion of Patients with Excellent Intubating Conditions in Adult Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery at AKUH
- Conditions
- Anaesthesia
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Patients will be between 18-65 years scheduled for non-emergent surgery under general anaesthesia requiring endotracheal intubation.
All patients fitting the inclusion criteria will be required to give voluntary and informed consent to be eligible to participate in the study.
Patients whowill decline consent to participate in the study.
Patients known to have an allergy to rocuronium or any other of the study drugs.
Patients scheduled for emergency surgery.
Patients known to have a difficult airway (from previous anaesthetic notes or history) or suspected to have a difficult airway (including a body mass index (BMI) above 35kg/m2) during the anaesthesia review.
Patients with heart failure or chronic liver disease and pregnant patients will be excluded from the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of patients with excellent intubating conditions at one minute assessed by the Goldberg scale
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The effect of saline flush after 0.6 milligrams per kilogram intravenous Rocuronium on the onset time of Rocuronium