A study comparing usefulness of oxygen gas or suctioning to clear secretions while putting a tube to windpipe to give anaesthesia
Phase 1
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K149- Disease of tongue, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/07/020244
- Lead Sponsor
- Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with anticipated difficult airway requiring FOB assisted intubation like those with restricted mouth opening
-Age 20-60 years
-ASA PS 1-3
Exclusion Criteria
-Allergy to local anaesthetics
-Uncooperative patients
-Psychiatric illness
-Major cardiac or pulmonary disorders
-Bleeding disorders
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison of safety and ease of awake fibreoptic intubation with use of suction versus oxygen insufflation to clear secretions during the procedureTimepoint: During the procedure
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assessment of ease of intubation, time taken to secure airway, need of suctioning while using insufflation technique, hemodynamic changes and level of sedation in both the groupsTimepoint: During and immediately after the procedure