Comparison of two types of laryngoscopes for intubation in childre
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- ASA grade I and II children, Age 2 to 8 years of either sex
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/08/009233
- Lead Sponsor
- Maulana Azad Medical College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
ASA grade I and II children requiring general anaesthesia with orotracheal intubation
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients having high risk of pulmonary aspiration.
2.Patients with anticipated difficult airway e.g. head and neck pathology, congenital syndromes affecting airway, swellings and dressings on face or neck or restricted mouth opening.
3.Surgery of oral cavity, larynx, pharynx.
4.Patients with increased intracranial tension
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to intubationTimepoint: Time to intubation was measured from the time of introducing laryngoscope blade in the patientâ??s mouth till the appearance of square wave capnogram
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method a.Modified Cormack and Lehane grade <br/ ><br>b.Intubation Difficulty Score <br/ ><br>c.Associated Hemodynamic changes <br/ ><br>Timepoint: All the patients were monitored using ECG, Pulse oximetry, capnography and NIBP throughout the anaesthesia procedure. The heart rate, NIBP and SpO2 were recorded at following times:- <br/ ><br>1.Baseline- before induction of anaesthesia <br/ ><br>2.Time zero (T0)- Just before laryngoscopy <br/ ><br>3.There after every one minute after intubation till 5 minutes <br/ ><br>