The effect of head and neck position on nasotracheal intubation using a video laryngoscope

JRCT ID: jRCT1062240043

Registered date:06/08/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Pending
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: General anesthesia (nasal intubation)
• Date of first enrollment: 06/08/2024
• Target sample size: 100
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): Head position adjustment during nasal intubation using a video laryngoscope (McGRTH MAC) (a group without a pillow and a group with a pillow that maintains the head position at a height of 7 cm)

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: modified intubation difficulty scale score (mIDS score)
• Secondary Outcome: 1) Percentage of mDIS score >1, 2) Intubation time, 3) Number of intubations, 4)Percentage of Glottic Opening (POGO) score, 5) Required lifting force, 6) Laryngeal pressure, 7) Presence or absence of mucosal damage, 8) Mouth opening,

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 18age old
• Age maximum: <= 85age old
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

1) Patients scheduled for nasal intubation under general anesthesia
2) Patients aged 18 to 85 years and with an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status (PS) of I or II

Exclude criteria

1) Patients scheduled for emergency surgery
2 Patients with ASA PS III, IV, or V
3) Obese patients (body mass index: BMI > 30)
4) Patients with cognitive impairment
5) Patients with cervical spine disease

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: KAWAHITO Shinji