Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical Health Condition 2: null- patients planned for general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Customized pillow: a pillow height to bring the external auditory meatus and sternal notch of the patient to the horizontal alignment will be used
Control Intervention1: Fixed pillow he
Gr- FP will be intubated using usual height pillow that is used routinely
Sponsors
ANIIMSPort Blair and AIIMS Raipur
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I to IV, of both sexes, more than or equal to 16 years of age, coming for elective or emergency surgeries requiring endo-tracheal intubation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria included patients below 16 years of age, height less than 140 cm, mouth opening less than 3 cm, thyro-metal distance (TMD) less than 5.5 cm, any airway growth or obstruction, unstable cervical spine and any other contra-indication to conventional Macintosh laryngoscopy and intubation of trachea.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Laryngeal view Timepoint: 0 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time required for intubationTimepoint: laryngoscope in to tube placement | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactHabib Md Reazaul Karim
Department of AnaesthesiologyAndaman & Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed