Gender and Proper Size of Oropharyngeal Airway: Pilot Study

Yonsei University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Adult Patients Undergoing Surgery That Requires General Anesthesia

Treatments: Device: No. 7 oral airway; Device: No. 8 oral airway; Device: No. 9 oral airway

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02326753

4-2014-0805

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the adequacy of mask ventilation with the different sized-oropharyngeal airway.

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adult patients undergoing surgery that requires general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• anticipated difficult intubation
• patients without teeth or with loose teeth
• cervical spine disease
• body mass index over 35 kg/m2
• pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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36 participants in 3 patient groups

No. 7 oral airway

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: No. 7 oral airway

No. 8 oral airway

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: No. 8 oral airway

No. 9 oral airway

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: No. 9 oral airway