Tongue Pull Versus Jaw Thrust

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Jaw thrust maneuver (Intubation)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00833118

07-004837

Details and patient eligibility

About

This protocol seeks to determine the efficacy and reliability of a simple maneuver, the jaw thrust maneuver, in addition to cricoid pressure, in improving visualization of airway anatomy during video laryngoscopy. Hypothesis: The grade of view of the glottis as determined by the modified Cormack and Lehane grading system in anesthetized patients will improve by performing a jaw thrust maneuver during video laryngoscopy with compared with video laryngoscopy alone. Similarly, the grade of the view during cricoid pressure will also improve with a jaw thrust maneuver.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age > 18
2. Undergoing surgery and general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation
3. Able to give informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Trauma patients or emergent cases.
2. Patients who are unable to understand the proposed study
3. Patients who refuse participation

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

Intubation

Treatment:

Procedure: Jaw thrust maneuver (Intubation)