WEATHER DILATATION OF AIRWAY USING AN AIRWAY PRIOR TO PASSAGE OF ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE IN NASAL PASSAGE IMPROVES NAVIGABILITY AND MINIMIZES INJURY,BLEEDING AND RESPONSE DURING NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION

TO COMPARE THE EASE OF NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION WITH OR WITHOUT DILATION WITH NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY, USING SUCTION CATHETER AS A GUIDE

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2019/05/019457

Enrollment

Registered

2019-05-30

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION WITH NO DILATATION USING SUCTION CATHETER AS GUIDE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION: Group A- NTI without dilatation with suction catheter

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ASA 1 and ASA2 patients undergoing nasal intubation with normal coagulation profile

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: H/O cough and cold in past two weeks H/O anatomical deformity of Nasopharyngeal pathway /nasal injury /maxillo facial injury H/O recurrent epistaxis H/O any known allergy to used group H/O deranged liver function or coagulation profile H/O difficult airway H/O pregnency H/O uncontrolled hypertension

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Navigability through nasal passage as smooth , slight resistance or impingedTimepoint: FROM DISCONTINUATION OF BAG AND MASK VENTILATION AFTER ADEQUATE MUSCLE RELAXATION TILL ETT IS PASSED TILL HYPOPHARYNX	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
AIDS IN INTUBATIONTimepoint: DURING LARYNGOSCOPY SUCH AS EXTERNAL LARYNGEAL PRESSURE,DURING PLACING OF TUBE IN TRACHEA USE OF MAGILLS FORCEPS;BLEEDING SEVERITYTimepoint: OBSERVED AT THE TIME OF NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION WITH LARYNGOSCOPE BY ANESTHETIST WHO IS BLINDED TO GROUP ALLOCATION AND INTERVENTION;NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS AND SIDETimepoint: FROM DISCONTINUATION OF MASK VENTILLATION TILL SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF ETT TILL HYPOPHARYNX;TIME TAKEN DURING PASSAGE OF ETT TILL HYPOPHARYNX AND TO PASS TUBE DOWN TO TRACHEATimepoint: FIRST INTERVAL FROM DISCONTINUATION OF BAG AND MASK VENTILLATION TO TUBE SUCCESSFULLY REACHING HYOPHARYNX. SECOND TIME INTERVAL FROM TUBE REACHING HYPOPHARYNX TILL SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT OF TUBE IN TRACHEA;VITAL PARAMETERS HEART RATE BLOOD PRESSURE AND NIBP DURING PROCEDURETimepoint: VITAL PARAMETERS HEART RATE BLOOD PRESSURE AND NIBP RECORDED DURING PROCEDURE THAT IS FROM DISCONTINUATION OF BAG AND MASK VENTILLATION TO 5 MIN POST SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT OF ETT IN AIRWAY	—

Measure

Time frame

AIDS IN INTUBATIONTimepoint: DURING LARYNGOSCOPY SUCH AS EXTERNAL LARYNGEAL PRESSURE,DURING PLACING OF TUBE IN TRACHEA USE OF MAGILLS FORCEPS;BLEEDING SEVERITYTimepoint: OBSERVED AT THE TIME OF NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION WITH LARYNGOSCOPE BY ANESTHETIST WHO IS BLINDED TO GROUP ALLOCATION AND INTERVENTION;NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS AND SIDETimepoint: FROM DISCONTINUATION OF MASK VENTILLATION TILL SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF ETT TILL HYPOPHARYNX;TIME TAKEN DURING PASSAGE OF ETT TILL HYPOPHARYNX AND TO PASS TUBE DOWN TO TRACHEATimepoint: FIRST INTERVAL FROM DISCONTINUATION OF BAG AND MASK VENTILLATION TO TUBE SUCCESSFULLY REACHING HYOPHARYNX. SECOND TIME INTERVAL FROM TUBE REACHING HYPOPHARYNX TILL SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT OF TUBE IN TRACHEA;VITAL PARAMETERS HEART RATE BLOOD PRESSURE AND NIBP DURING PROCEDURETimepoint: VITAL PARAMETERS HEART RATE BLOOD PRESSURE AND NIBP RECORDED DURING PROCEDURE THAT IS FROM DISCONTINUATION OF BAG AND MASK VENTILLATION TO 5 MIN POST SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT OF ETT IN AIRWAY

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Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr S KARTHIK

PGIMER ,CHANDIGARH

podder_s@yahoo.co.in9417547760

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026