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The Effect of Head Position on the Intubating Condition Using Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Posture
Intubation
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
GroupInterventionDescription
neck flexion firstIntubationWith 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 firstIntubationIn 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
NameTimeMethod
POGO scorea week (after get the picture)

The percentage of glottic opening

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital

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Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, Korea, Republic of

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