comparison of effectiveness of an airway equipment- the airtraq- when it is used with or without an additional equipment- the bougie
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- normal healthy patients undergoing elective surgery under general endotracheal anaesthesia
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2012/10/003038
- Lead Sponsor
- Kasturba Hospital KMC Manipal
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 75
Inclusion Criteria
scheduled to undergo elective surgery under general endotraheal anaesthesia
Exclusion Criteria
Emergency surgeries requiring rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia and patients with full stomach
Patients with known orofacial or laryngo pharyngeal pathology
Having known cardio pulmonary disease
Patients with restricted mouth opening/ anticipated difficult airway
Body mass index more than 35kg/m2
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time of intubation <br/ ><br>Ease of intubation <br/ ><br>Maneuvers employed to facilitate intubation <br/ ><br>Number of attempts <br/ ><br>Timepoint: during intubation and immediately following intubation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Trauma during intubation attempts : noted if any blood observed on Airtraq blade at end of intubation attempt or in the oral cavity on a repeat intubation attempt <br/ ><br>Undue hypertension/ hypotension <br/ ><br>Undue bradycardia/tachycadria <br/ ><br>Desaturation/ bronchospasm <br/ ><br>Timepoint: during intubation and immediately following intubation