Head Position on Preventing Emergence Cough

Ajou University School of Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gallbladder Diseases

Treatments: Procedure: Head on bed; Procedure: Head on pillow

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04409652

AJIRB-MED-OBS-20-055

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of head position on prevent the emergence cough followed by endotracheal extubation.

Full description

During endotrachl intubaion, the sniffing postion is most commonly recommended. However, the head position to reduce the emergence cough followed by endotracheal extubation was not confirmed yet. Considering the endotracheal tube vector, head elevation with pillow is thought to be acceptable more.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 19 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Operation schedule of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• Must be performed under general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• BMI > 30 kg/m2
• Respiratory infection
• Uncontrolled hypertension

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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72 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The endotracheal extubation is performed in head on bed without pillow.

Treatment:

Procedure: Head on bed

Head elevation group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The endotracheal extubation is performed in head elevation on pillow (slight flextion of neck on chest) .

Treatment:

Procedure: Head on pillow