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Filter by:Infants (0-1 yr.) with anticipated difficult airways will be enrolled in the study. Specifically, we will include infants with cleft palate, Pierre Robin, Treacher Collins, trisomy 21, or similar congenital malformations. Patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status scores ≥3 will be excluded, as will those with congenital heart disease and left-to-right shunting. Patients will be randomly assigned to laryngoscopy with or without simultaneous insufflation of oxygen at 4 L/minute. Oxygen will be provided by a flowmeter connected via rigid tubing to the track-mounted endotracheal tube on the AirTraq. Randomization (1:1) will be based on computer-generated codes with random block sizes and stratified by hospital; allocation will be concealed and provided to clinicians via a secure web site that will be accessed shortly before induction of anesthesia.
This study evaluates success rates of tracheal intubation (passing a breathing tube)for patients who may be more challenging to intubate while utilizing one of two devices that facilitate placement of the tube with video technology.
Introduction: The air-QⓇ Intubating Laryngeal Airway (ILA) is a newer supraglottic airway. It is approved for use as a primary airway and as an aid for intubation in situations of anticipated or unanticipated difficult airways. A unique feature of this device as compared to other airways on the market is the size of the inner diameter (ID) and length of its airway tube. Direct placement of tracheal tubes > 7.5 mm ID through the airway tube is possible. The ProSealTM LMA is considered the gold standard for supraglottic devices with respect to airway seal pressure. On average, it is reported to be approximately 28 cmH2O. This is significantly higher than that of the first generation LMA, the LMA-ClassicTM, which has a maximum seal pressure of 20 cmH2O, but averages 16-18 cmH2O in actual practice. In this study the investigators aim to test whether the air-QⓇ creates an airway seal pressure that is similar to the LMA-ProSealTM, whether the position of the air-QⓇ in relation to the vocal cords, as assessed by fiberoptic endoscopy, is similar to that of the LMA-ProSealTM and whether airway morbidity is similar between the air-QⓇ and the LMA-ProSealTM.
As reported, about 0.43% patients can not be intubated unevenly because of difficult airway and 30% of the total death of anesthesia due to failed intubation. The difficult airway will disturb the clinical treatment and even threaten the patients' life. But the present methods for tracheal intubation during awake intubation can not provided ideal intubation condition. In this study, the investigators will perform topical anesthesia with the nebulized 2% lidocaine at 10L/min oxygen flow rate, and the observer's assessment of alert and sedation (OAA/S) scale was controlled to 3-4 points by intravenous midazolam,propofol, and remifentanil. Tracheal intubation was performed after topical anesthesia. The arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR) and pulse oxygen saturation (SpO2) were recorded and blood samples were taken to measure stress factor during intubation period.Intubation condition score was assessed and the complications like local anesthetic toxicity, mucosa injury, respiration depress were also recorded. Patients were asked whether they could recall the events during intubation 24 hr after operation. The investigators aim is to evaluate the effect of topical anesthesia with lidocaine nebulized by 10L/min oxygen flow rate during awake tracheal intubation.
The study is in two parts Part one of the study describes the use of the new single-use flexible video-scope for intubation of patients with predicted normal airways. Part two compares the performance of the single-use flexible video-scope with that of a conventional flexible video-scope for awake intubation of patients with predicted difficult airways. The hypothesis is that the new single-use flexible video-scope for intubation performs as well as the traditional scope.
The ProSeal laryngeal mask airway (PLMA) is a new laryngeal mask device with a modified cuff to improve the seal and a drain tube to prevent aspiration and gastric insufflation. The manufacturer recommends inserting the PLMA using digital manipulation, like the Classic LMA, or with an introducer tool (IT), like the Intubating LMA. The mean (range) frequency of insertion success at the first attempt for these techniques is 84% (81-100) and 95% (90-100) respectively, with the main causes of insertion difficulty being impaction at the back of the mouth and failure of the distal cuff to reach the hypopharynx. Howarth et al described an insertion technique which overcomes these difficulties by using a gum elastic bougie (GEB) placed in the esophagus to guide the PLMA around the back of the mouth and into its correct position in the hypopharynx. Howarth et al reported no failed uses from 100 consecutive insertions. In the following study, we test the hypothesis that GEB-guided insertion is more frequently successful than the digital and IT techniques in patients with difficult airway.