Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Videolaryngoscopy: During induction of anaesthesia, Videolaryngoscopy technique will be used for endotracheal intubation
Control Intervention1: Direct Laryngoscopy: During induction of
Sponsors
Department of Anaesthesiology IPGMER Kolkata
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ASA I and II Requiring emergency or elective intubation Apparently no airway difficulty Requiring standard PVC endotracheal tube for airway control
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Haemodynamically or neurologically unstable patient Airway malformations Airway bleeding, infections, tumors Head, facial or cervical spine trauma Rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To find out whether Videolaryngoscopy can be performed from a safer distance than Conventional direct laryngoscopyTimepoint: During endotracheal intubation | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| failure to intubate with videolaryngoscopy and incidence of successful intubation after conversion into direct laryngoscopyTimepoint: During intubation;If there is ease of intubation with videolaryngoscopy over conventional direct laryngoscopyTimepoint: During intubation;Incidence of adverse effectsTimepoint: During intubation;Maintenance of image quality in both the proceduresTimepoint: During intubation | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Tapas Ghose
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research Kolkata
Outcome results
None listed