Incidence of Regurgitation in Patients Undergoing Intubation in Semi-fowler v/s Supine Position

Incidence of Regurgitation in Patients Undergoing Intubation in Semi-fowler v/s Supine Position in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06329817

Enrollment

100

Registered

2024-03-26

Start date

2024-03-16

Completion date

2025-09-30

Last updated

2024-09-19

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Conditions

Inguinal Hernia Bilateral

Brief summary

One of the most dreaded complication of general anaesthesia is aspiration of gastric contents after induction of general anaesthesia.Many endeavours and measures have been practiced to reduce the incidence of aspiration pneumonia.One such method is to intubate the patient in semi-fowler or supine posture.My study is aimed to find out safe and best position between these two after induction of general anaesthesia to prevent aspiration pneumonia.

Interventions

PROCEDUREIncidence of regurgitation in two different position.

Preventing aspiration pneumonia in general anaesthesia in two different position supine v/s semi - Fowler

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Adults 18-60 years of age * Must be able to talk

Exclusion criteria

* patients less than 18 years of age or above 60, * Pregnant women * Handicapped individuals * patients with intestinal obstruction

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Prevention of aspiration pneumonia	06 months	To document incidence of regurgitation

Countries

Pakistan

Contacts

Primary ContactDr. Talha Arshad, MBBS

talhaarshad1004@gmail.com+923368734399

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026