Cricoid Pressure Versus Paratracheal Pressure

Mongi Slim Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cricoid Pressure During Tracheal Intubation

Treatments: Procedure: left paratracheal pressure; Procedure: cricoid pressure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04481854

Sellick vs paratracheal

Details and patient eligibility

About

Prospective randomized trial, including adult patients scheduled for orthopedic or abdominal surgery under general anesthesia and tracheal intubation. in this study the investigators will compare the classic cricoid pressure and the left paratracheal pressure regarding their impact on the intubation condition and the effectiveness.

Full description

Prospective randomized trial, including adult patients scheduled for orthopedic or abdominal surgery under general anesthesia and tracheal intubation. in this study the investigators will compare the classic cricoid pressure and the left paratracheal pressure regarding their impact on the intubation condition and the effectiveness.

During the laryngoscopy, the modification of the Cormack and Lehane grade before and after the application of the cricoid or paratracheal pressure will be noticed.

concerning the effectiveness of the procedure, a gastric tube will be introduced through the oesophagus during the procedure, under direct vision.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adult patients with no criteria of difficult intubation or mask ventilation
• no criteria of full stomach requiring crush induction

Exclusion criteria

• Unexpected difficult laryngoscopy or mask ventilation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Cricoid pressure group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients of this group will recieve cricoid pressure during direct laryngoscopy.

Treatment:

Procedure: cricoid pressure

left paratracheal pressure group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients of this group will recieve left paratracheal pressure during direct laryngoscopy.

Treatment:

Procedure: left paratracheal pressure