Supraglottic Airway Needed To Achieve Ventilation

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Airway Complication of Anesthesia; Difficult or Failed Intubation

Treatments: Other: Airway and Ventilation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05190757

21-008655

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research is to compare if insertion of laryngeal mask airway (LMA) vs. use of face mask, will reduce the time needed to achieve adequate ventilation prior to insertion of the breathing tube.

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BMI ≥ 35.
• Patients willing to participate and provide an informed consent.
• Patients scheduled to undergo an elective surgical procedure including laparoscopic or robotic that requires GETA.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who require administration of succinylcholine for induction/intubation
• Patients with history of uncontrolled GERD.

Trial design

54 participants in 2 patient groups

Laryngeal Mask Airway

Treatment:

Other: Airway and Ventilation

Face Mask

Treatment:

Other: Airway and Ventilation