Effectiveness of Cricoid and Paratracheal Pressures for Occluding Esophagus

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intubation Complication

Treatments: Other: Maneuvers for occluding esophagus

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03992950

P2019-195

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparing the effects of 'Cricoid pressure' or 'Paratracheal pressure' during direct laryngoscopy

Full description

The effectiveness of cricoid pressure and paratracheal pressure for occluding esophagus during direct and video laryngoscopies.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Who would be scheduled any surgery under general anesthesia and agree with the purpose of the study

Exclusion criteria

• Risk of aspiration
• History of esophageal surgery
• Diseases or anatomical abnormalities of the neck, larynx, pharynx or esophagus
• Known or predicted difficult airway.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Cricoid pressure

Experimental group

Description:

Cricoid pressure is applied in the anesthetized state and during video laryngoscopy

Treatment:

Other: Maneuvers for occluding esophagus

Paratracheal pressure

Experimental group

Description:

Paratracheal pressure is applied in the anesthetized state and during video laryngoscopy

Treatment:

Other: Maneuvers for occluding esophagus