Incidence of Regurgitation in Patients Undergoing Intubation in Semi-fowler v/s Supine Position

Inguinal Hernia Bilateral Clinical Trial

Official title:

Incidence of Regurgitation in Patients Undergoing Intubation in Semi-fowler v/s Supine Position in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06329817
• Other study ID #: A/28/ER/532/23
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 15, 2024
• Est. completion date: September 2024

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: Pak Emirates Military Hospital
• Contact: Dr. Talha Arshad, MBBS
• Phone: +923368734399
• Email: talhaarshad1004[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

One of the most dreaded complication of general anaesthesia is aspiration of gastric contents after induction of general anaesthesia.Many endeavours and measures have been practiced to reduce the incidence of aspiration pneumonia.One such method is to intubate the patient in semi-fowler or supine posture.My study is aimed to find out safe and best position between these two after induction of general anaesthesia to prevent aspiration pneumonia.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: September 2024
• Est. primary completion date: August 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults 18-60 years of age
• Must be able to talk

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients less than 18 years of age or above 60,
• Pregnant women
• Handicapped individuals
• patients with intestinal obstruction

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hernia, Inguinal
• Inguinal Hernia Bilateral

Intervention

Procedure:
• Incidence of regurgitation in two different position.
Preventing aspiration pneumonia in general anaesthesia in two different position supine v/s semi - Fowler

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	PEMH	Rawalpindi	Punjab

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Pak Emirates Military Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Prevention of aspiration pneumonia	To document incidence of regurgitation	06 months