Simple Preparation of Endotracheal Tube

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Endotracheal Tube

Treatments: Other: Curved-tube

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03289767

JHSeo_angulation

Details and patient eligibility

About

To observe the effect of additional E-tube angulation on intubation time and success rate.

Full description

The hypothesis of this study is that shaping endotracheal tube by end-to-end connection before induction will provide more optimal angulation for endotracheal intubation.

Enrollment: 139 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients scheduled for elective surgery requiring general anesthesia and tracheal intubation

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with congenital or acquired upper airway lesions
• Patients with high risk of aspiration

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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139 participants in 2 patient groups

Curved-tube

Experimental group

Description:

Giving additional curve to the endotracheal tube by simple preparation.

Treatment:

Other: Curved-tube

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No other manipulation of the endotracheal tube is done.