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

Pak Emirates Military Hospital100 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Inguinal Hernia Bilateral

Interventions

Incidence of regurgitation in two different position.PROCEDURE

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

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 60 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

PEMH

Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, Pakistan

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Prevention of aspiration pneumonia

To document incidence of regurgitation

Time frame: 06 months

Central Contacts

Dr. Talha Arshad, MBBS

CONTACT

+923368734399 talhaarshad1004@gmail.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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