The Effect of Head Position on the Intubating Condition Using Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- PostureIntubation
- Interventions
- Procedure: Intubation
- Registration Number
- NCT02931019
- Lead Sponsor
- Chonnam National University Hospital
- Brief Summary
For better view of fiberoptic intubation, the posture of neck is compared between neck flexion and extension.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 54
Inclusion Criteria
- ASA class 1 or 2
- scheduled for general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation
- decided to join this clinical study voluntarily
Exclusion Criteria
- history of difficult intubation
- anticipated the difficult intubation: Total airway score > 6, upper lip bite test grade III, with cervical spine disease, history of head or neck surgery
- risk of aspiration
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- CROSSOVER
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description neck flexion first Intubation With specific head posture, intubation is done under flexible fiberoscopy guide. In this arm, at the position with neck flexion, fiberoscopy is pulled into the mouth and get the photo of laryngeal view. After then, neck position is changed to neck extension, And the laryngeal view is gotten in the same way. neck extension first Intubation In this arm, at the position with neck extension, fiberoscopy is pulled into the mouth and get the photo of laryngeal view. After then, neck position is changed to neck flexion, And the laryngeal view is gotten in the same way.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method POGO score a week (after get the picture) The percentage of glottic opening
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital
🇰🇷Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, Korea, Republic of