Anaesthesia
Conditions
Interventions
Rocuronium group
Sponsors
Aga Khan University Research Committee
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients between 18-65 years scheduled for non-emergent surgery under general anaesthesia requiring oral endotracheal intubation. Patients scheduled for surgery between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. (This is the time when elective cases are scheduled in the study institution). Patients with ASA grade I to III. Patients whose anaesthetic technique included total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • Patients who declined to consent to participation in the study. • Patients known to have an allergy to rocuronium or any other of the study drugs. • Patients scheduled for emergency surgery. • Patients with ASA category IV to VI. • Patients known to have a difficult airway (from previous anaesthetic notes or history) or suspected to have a difficult airway using the modified LEMON criteria score (including a body mass index (BMI) above 35kg/m2) during the anaesthesia review. • Patients who had non-emergency surgery scheduled between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. • Patients with heart failure or chronic liver disease and pregnant patients were excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To determine the effect of a 20ml saline flush after 0.6 milligrams per kilogram intravenous Rocuronium on the proportion of patients with excellent intubating conditions at one minute assessed by the Goldberg scale in adult patients undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthesia at AKUH-N. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To determine the relationship between intubating conditions and the twitch height at one minute following a saline flush with 0.6 milligrams per kilogram intravenous Rocuronium in patients having elective surgery under general anaesthesia with oral endotracheal intubation at AKUH-N.;To determine the effect of saline flush after 0.6 milligrams per kilogram intravenous Rocuronium on the onset time of Rocuronium as measured by the degree of twitch height depression in adult patients undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthesia at AKUH-N. | — |
Countries
Kenya
Contacts
Public ContactRajpreet Bal
Fulltime Academic Faculty
Outcome results
None listed