Comparison of ease of placement of two different types of tubes in the windpipe using a video equipped instrument

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Other problems related to medicalfacilities and other health care,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2019/03/018078
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Surbhi Gupta

Brief Summary

General anesthesia with endotracheal intubation requires insertion of a tube in the trachea by laryngoscopy for ventilation of the lungs. Standard polyvinyl chloride(PVC) tubes are routinely used for tracheal intubation, are stiffer and have a preformed curvature. Curved reinforced endotracheal tubes(CRT) have a **metal wire coil** embedded in the wall of the tube shaft, are non-compressible and more flexible. These are required for certain surgeries like head and neck, neurosurgery and surgeries in the prone positionwhen access to the airway is limited for the anesthetist and there are increased chances of kinking of the tube during surgery.

Videolaryngoscope is a digital laryngoscope which uses indirect laryngoscopy for laryngeal visualization. It does not require alignment of the oral-pharyngeal and laryngeal axes, requires less force than used during direct laryngoscopy and has a higher success rate, especially in patients with difficult airways. Numerous studies have studied the use of videolaryngoscope aided intubations using standard PVC tubes. However, there are no studies which have compared the use of standard PVC tubes with CRT using channeled kingvision videolaryngoscope. This would be especially useful in conditions where a reinforced endotracheal tube is required for a patient with anticipated difficult intubation

This prospective, randomised study therefore aims to study the ease of intubation of trachea with curved reinforced endotracheal tubes(CRT) as compared to standard Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) tubes using kingvision videolaryngoscope

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-03-15
• Last Update Posted: 2019-12-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Patients scheduled for elective/ emergency surgery under general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patient refusal 2.Patients with anticipated difficult airway 3.Patients with potentially full stomach with risk of gastric regurgitation 4.Pregnant patients 5.Morbid obesity 6.History suggestive of acid peptic disease.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To compare time of intubation of CRT and PVC endotracheal tube through kingvision videolaryngoscope during general anesthesia.	T1-Time from insertion of videolaryngoscope in the mouth to optimal glottis view. | T2-Time from obtaining an optimal glottis view to visual confirmation of ETT passing through glottis

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To compare	a)ease of intubation

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Operation Theatre room 2nd floor OT complex Department of Anesthesia; 🇮🇳 Bangalore, KARNATAKA, India

Operation Theatre room 2nd floor OT complex Department of Anesthesia

🇮🇳Bangalore, KARNATAKA, India

Dr Surbhi Gupta

Principal investigator

080-22065511

surbhi_pg@yahoo.com