Comparison of 3 different laryngoscopes for Intubation in Obese Patients
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Obese patients
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2016/02/006662
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical SciencesNew Delhi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 45
Inclusion Criteria
45 ASA grade I - III patients of age group 18-60 years, with a BMI of >=35kg/m2requiring elective intubation for bariatric or other surgical procedures were enrolled into the study
Exclusion Criteria
1. ASA IV,V patients
2. Patients undergoing emergency surgery
3.Patients with respiratory/ oral and pharyngeal pathology.
4. Patients with predicted difficult intubation:
a.Craniofacial abnormalities/cervical spine disease/ restricted mouth opening <1.5cm/buck teeth/ macroglossia / patients scheduled for oral surgery.
b.Restricted mouth opening (Temperomandibular joint ankylosis, submucous fibrosis)
5.Patient refusal for participation in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to intubate- (T) defined as time taken from the time when the blade of the laryngoscope crosses the incisors to the first upstroke of the capnograph.Timepoint: T
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Haemodynamic changes-Heart rate, Blood pressure, Pulse oximetry,Adverse eventsTimepoint: at induction,0,2,4,6,8,10 minutes of laryngoscopy;Intubation Difficulty Score (IDS)-A sum of seven different components.Timepoint: at intubation