se of videolaryngoscope for inserting nasal tubes during anaesthesia

Phase 3

Completed

Conditions: Health Condition 1: null- Head and neck malignancies needing surgery

Registration Number: CTRI/2014/03/004481

Lead Sponsor: il

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

•Adult patients (18 years and above)

•ASA status I â?? II

•Undergoing elective surgery for malignancies of the head and neck

•Who will need nasotracheal intubation.

Exclusion Criteria

•Refusal of consent

•Risk factors for gastric aspiration present

•All patients with a previously documented difficult tracheal intubation

•Previous head and neck surgery

•Anticipated difficult airway where standard induction of general anaesthesia (intravenous induction with non-depolarizing muscle relaxant) is not planned

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to intubation (TTI): This will be defined as the time from gripping the laryngoscope until registration of expired CO2. <br/ ><br>Outcome measure: TTI will be measured in seconds by an independent observer using a stopwatch. In case of repeated attempts, the stop watch will continue to run until successful endotracheal intubation is confirmed <br/ ><br>Endpoint: Comparison of the mean (or median) time to intubation (in seconds) between the groups <br/ ><br>Timepoint: At the time of intubation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1.Success rate for intubation <br/ ><br>Outcome measure: Successful intubation will be defined as successful placement of the tube in the trachea within three attempts. Removal and re-insertion of the laryngoscope into the mouth will be considered an attempt. Inability to intubate within three attempts will be considered a failed intubation, after which further intubation techniques and devices will be at the discretion of the attending anaesthesiologist <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Single time point;2.Difficulty of intubation <br/ ><br>Outcome measure: The Intubation Difficulty Score (IDS) proposed by Adnet <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Single time point