We want to study if delivery of oxygen (breathing)gas in high flow rate via the mouth is better as compared to delivery via the nose while we attempt to put a breathing tube in the windpipe of children with restricted mouth opening undergoing surgery.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M269- Dentofacial anomaly, unspecifiedHealth Condition 2: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/11/059406
- Lead Sponsor
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Pediatric patients with restricted mouth opening or any other difficult airway requiring nasotracheal intubation for surgery.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients refusing to give consent to be part of the study.
Patients with severe cardiorespiratory disease.
Presence of severe nasal deformity/ obstruction/ trauma
Presence of uncorrected coagulopathy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the SpO2 and transcutaneous CO2 before and after intubation.Timepoint: from the beginning of nasotracheal intubation to securing the airway.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1) Minimum SpO2 in each group: 2) EtCO2 levels after obtaining the first square wave in capnograph; 3) Reoxygenation time; 4) Intubation time; 5) Appearance of arrhythmiasTimepoint: From the beginning of nasotracheal intubation to securing the airway.