To compare the fiberoptic bronchoscope with videolarangoscope tracheal intubation in difficult airway during thyroid surgery
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- ASA I-II
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2014/05/004601
- Lead Sponsor
- DR SANDEEP SAH
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Patients will be included if they were > 18 years old to 65 yrs with a body mass index (BMI) < 30 kg.mâ??2 and scheduled for elective surgery requiring orotracheal intubation. Patients will be studied if they had a known difficult airway requiring awake tracheal intubation.
Exclusion Criteria
those with loose teeth, pregnant, required rapid-sequence induction, or if the attending anaesthesiologist requested a non-standard tracheal tube (e.g. a laser-resistant tube).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Our primary outcome will be time to intubation, defined as the time from insertion of either the GlideScope or in the case of fibreoptic intubation, the time when end-tidal PCO2 exceeded 2.7 kPa (20 mmHg).Timepoint: Our primary outcome will be time to intubation, defined as the time from insertion of either the GlideScope or in the case of fibreoptic intubation, the time when end-tidal PCO2 exceeded 2.7 kPa (20 mmHg).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcomes will include intubation difficulty as recorded by the operator on a 100-mm visual analogue scale .successful intubation on the first attempt and the number of intubation attempts.Timepoint: Secondary outcomes will include intubation difficulty as recorded by the operator on a 100-mm visual analogue scale .successful intubation on the first attempt and the number of intubation attempts.