Various techniques have been developed to get a good LMA position, one of them is using a laryngoscope. The most popular laryngoscope used for LMA installation is the Macintosh type. Technological developments have brought laryngoscopes into the video era, one of which is McGRATH's laryngoscope, which from several studies about having an advantage in terms of the first attempt, time, complications, and hemodynamic stability of intubation. It needs to be proven through research on the comparison of clinical outcomes of LMA installation with McGrath laryngoscope and Macintosh laryngoscope.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
102
Patients who underwent general anesthesia with LMA insertion by using McGRATH video layngoscopy
Patients who underwent general anesthesia with LMA insertion by using classic Macintosh video layngoscopy
Sanglah General Hospital
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
Number of participants with first-attempt success
Successful LMA insertion within first attempt
Time frame: immediately after LMA insertion
Mean arterial pressure
Mean arterial pressure measured by non-invasive blood pressure monitor
Time frame: immediately after LMA insertion
Heart rate
Heart rate measured by standard monitor
Time frame: immediately after LMA insertion
Time required
Time required for LMA insertion using the respective method
Time frame: immediately after LMA insertion
Complications
Incidence of hoarseness or throat pain due to LMA insertion
Time frame: An hour after the the end of surgery
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