This study evaluates the efficiency of the rigid tube for laryngoscopy for tracheal intubation in patients with presumed difficult airway and compare the classical laryngoscopy and this method in matter of glottis visualisation and tracheal intubation.
The rigid tube for laryngoscopy is a 15 to 30 cm long metallic tube with a bevel end and a diameter of 0.5-2.0 cm , an instrument used to inspect the larynx and surrounding areas. It resembles a rigid bronchoscope but it is shorter. When in use, it has to be attached to a light source. The hypothesis of the study stands that the rigid tube for laryngoscopy could be more efficient in tracheal intubation for difficult airway patients when the classical intubation with a curved blade laryngoscope is unsatisfactory. The retromolar approach in both sides together with bougie(intubating tube introducer) intubation is the technique of intubation used in this study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
64
the laryngoscopy with the McIntosh laryngoscope performed prior the use of rigid tube and the Cormack-Lehane glottis visualisation noted.
the view of glottis achieved with the rigid tub for laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation with an elastic gum bougie performed
Cluj County Emergency Hospital- ENT Clinic
Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania
Time to Tracheal Intubation With the Rigid Tube
the time from starting to use the rigid tube for laryngoscopy until the airway was secured.
Time frame: 120 seconds
Complications During Intubation With Rigid Tube
complications noticed during the use of rigid tube - hypoxia defined as oxygen saturation less than 80%
Time frame: 5 minutes
Late Complications of Intubation With Rigid Tube
complications noticed following the use of rigid tube - sore throat, upper lip injury.
Time frame: 3 days
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