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Supreme LMA Use in Urgent Caesarean Section

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Airway Morbidity
Registration Number
NCT02026882
Lead Sponsor
QuanZhou Women and Children's Hospital
Brief Summary

The Supreme Laryngeal Mask Airway (SLMA) is a single use supraglottic device that provides a good seal for positive pressure ventilation and good first attempt insertion rate of 98% in low risk patients undergoing elective Caesarean section. It has a double aperture design that facilitates the introduction of an orogastric tube to aspirate gastric contents.

The primary study hypothesis is the first attempt insertion success rate of SLMA use in urgent Caesarean section.

Detailed Description

Investigators propose a prospective cohort study to study the first attempt insertion success rate of supreme LMA in general anaesthesia for urgent caesarean section.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
584
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 18 to 50 years old
  • American Society of Anesthesiology status 1 or 2
  • Weight 40 to 75kg
  • Normal airway assessment
  • Term pregnancy (36 weeks or more)
  • Urgent Caesarean Section
Exclusion Criteria
  • Body mass index (35 or more)
  • Difficult airway (Mallampati 4 or abnormal airway assessment)
  • Gastrooesophageal reflux

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
First attempt insertion success rate1 hour

An attempt is defined as insertion and withdrawal of the device from the patient's airway

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Aspiration1 hour

Signs of aspiration as evidenced by perioperative hypoxaemia, wheezing or crepitations upon auscultation of lungs or postoperative dyspnoea with chest x ray signs of aspiration

Time to effective airway placement1 hour

Interval from when the device was picked up until appearance of the first end-tidal carbon dioxide waveform

Regurgitation1 hour

Gastric contents identified in the mouth with pH less than 4

blood on SLMA on removal1 hour

inspection for presence of blood upon removal of SLMA

Sore throat1 hour

Sore throat present in recovery room

Seal pressure1 hour

Recorded by closing the adjustable pressure limiting valve and insufflating the closed breathing system with 3L/min fresh gas flow. The peak circuit airway pressure achieved will be recorded.

Gastric aspirate1 hour

Volume of gastric aspirate using gastric tube and pH of gastric aspirate using litmus paper

Neonatal outcomes1 hour

Neonatal birthweight. APGAR score. Umbilical venous cord pH

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Quanzhou Women's and Children's Hospital

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Quanzhou, Fujian, China

Quanzhou Women's and Children's Hospital
🇨🇳Quanzhou, Fujian, China

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