Comparison of two types of laryngoscopes in patients undergoing tracheal intubation with neutral head and neck position under general anaesthesia.
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- PATIENTS UNDERGOING TRACHEAL INTUBATION WITH MANUAL INLINE STABILIZATION OF NECK FOR ELECTIVE SURGERY UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHESIA
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/04/012941
- Lead Sponsor
- Safdarjung hospital and Vardhman Mahavir Medical College New Delhi India
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patients with ASA physical status grade 1 and2 undergoing tracheal intubation for elective surgery under general anaesthesia.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients with anticipated difficult airway :
Modified Mallampati class III and IV ,
thyromental distance < 6cm ,
interincisor distance < 3.5 cm,
inability to bring lower incisors in front of upper incisors ,
buck teeth and poor dentition with high risk of damage,
oropharyngeal pathology or facial abnormality,
restriction of neck movements and cervical spine pathology,
BMI >35kg /metre2
2. Haemodynamic or pulmonary compromise
3. High risk of pulmonary aspiration
4. Pregnancy
5. Cardiac disease and hypertension
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Intubation Difficulty Scale Score (IDS) which is a seven point scoring system as described by Adnet comprising of: <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Number of attempts of tracheal tube passes <br/ ><br>Number of operators <br/ ><br>Number of alternative techniques (bougie, change of blade size) <br/ ><br>Glottic exposure (Cormack and Lehane grade minus 1) <br/ ><br>Lifting force required during laryngoscopy <br/ ><br>Necessity for Laryngeal pressure <br/ ><br>Vocal cord mobility <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: At the time of intubation <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method duration of laryngoscopy attempt, duration of intubation attempt , total time taken to secure the airway, success rate of intubation , number of intubation attempts , ease of insertion of device and haemodynamic changes during laryngoscopy and intubation .Timepoint: At the time of intubation