Health Condition 1: R938- Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other specified body structures
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Nasogastric Tube Insertion using Bubble technique: In the bubble technique group, before inserting the NGT, the distal end will be lubricated with 2% lidocaine jelly and the same jelly
Sponsors
AIIMS JODHPUR
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: American society of anaesthesiologist physical status class I and II patients with normal airway (Mallampati grade 1 or 2) aged between 20 to 70 years, posted for surgeries requiring general anaesthesia, tracheal intubation and a nasogastric tube will be included in this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with anticipated difficult airways, morbid obesity, full stomach, nasal deformity, history of epistaxis, gastrointestinal haemorrhage, coagulopathy, or oesophageal or thyroid diseases will be excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The aim of present study is to compare the bubble technique of NGT insertion with the conventional method to determine success rate at first attempt as a primary outcome.Timepoint: time of successful insertion of NG tube | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The time taken for insertion, incidence of complications, such as bleeding, coiling, knotting, and kinking and diagnostic ability of bubbles technique for detection of NGT success will be studied as secondary outcomes.Timepoint: time of successful insertion of NG tube | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Ankur Sharma
AIIMS JODHPUR
Outcome results
None listed