Comparing different techniques to find out how roomy the nose is to pass a tube through the nose into the windpipe for anaesthesia
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C109- Malignant neoplasm of oropharynx,unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/12/022214
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Shagun Bhatia Shah
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Weight 40-80kg
Patients scheduled to undergo nasotracheal intubation for head and neck oncosurgery
Exclusion Criteria
Patient refusal
Pre-existing coagulopathy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ease of introduction of nasotracheal tube into the selected nostrilTimepoint: At the time of nasotracheal intubation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Bleeding and traumaTimepoint: At the time of nasotracheal intubation;Ease of nasogastric tube insertionTimepoint: At the time of nasogastric tube insertion (1 min after nasotracheal tube insertion);Endotracheal tube cuff ruptureTimepoint: Immediately after nasotracheal tube insertion on cuff inflation;Number of intubation attemptsTimepoint: At the time of nasotracheal intubation;Use of smaller sized nasotracheal tubeTimepoint: At the time of nasotracheal intubation