Effect of Head and Neck Positioning on Awake Fiberoptic Intubation in Obese Patients

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Group (S) Sniffing position: Group (S) : patients will be explained the procedure on the day of surgery. Intravenous access will be gained a 16 through gauge cannula under local anesthesia. Standard monitoring (pulse oximeter, electrocardiography, non-invasive blood pressure) will attach to the patients. The patient's airway will be anesthetized using aerosolized lignocaine 2%. The oral and pharyngeal reflexes will be blunted by anesthetizing oral and pharyngeal mucosa with 10% lignocaine spray and gargles. The sniffing position will be made by placing 8 cm ring pillow under the patient head so that it will be tilted. The external auditory meatus will be aligned the sterna notch in the horizontal plane. The elevation of the operating and position of the anesthesiologist will be adjusted to ensure that the fiber-optic will be kept straight as it entered the patient's nasal cavity. The appropriate-sized endotracheal tube will be loaded over a 5mm external diameter flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope. Preoxygenation w

Group (R) Ramped position: Group (R) Ramped position On the day of the operation, all Group R patients will be explained the process. Intravenous access will be gained and standard monitoring will be attached to the patients. The patient's airway will be anesthetized. After this, the patients will be helped to assume a ramped position. Three soft pillows will be positioned beneath the patient's head and upper body so that the external auditory meatus will be in a horizontal plane with a sternal notch. The elevation of the operating and position of the anesthesiologist will be adjusted to ensure that the fiber-optic was straight as it entered the patient's nasal cavity. An appropriately sized endotracheal tube will be loaded over a 5mm external diameter flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope. Preoxygenation will be performed with 100% oxygen with tidal volume ventilation for three to five minutes to achieve an end-expiratory oxygen concentration greater than 90%.

Group (SU) Supine position: Group (SU) Supine position: patients were explained the procedure on the day of surgery. Intravenous access was gained through a 16-gauge cannula under local anesthesia. Standard monitoring (pulse oximeter, electrocardiography, non-invasive blood pressure) was attached to the patients. The patient's airway was anesthetized using aerosolized lignocaine 2%. The oral and pharyngeal reflexes were blunted by anesthetizing oral and pharyngeal mucosa with 10% lignocaine spray and gargles. The elevation of the operating and position of the anesthesiologist will be adjusted to ensure that the fiber-optic was kept straight as it entered the patient's nasal cavity. The appropriate-sized endotracheal tube will be loaded over a 5mm external diameter flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope. Preoxygenation will be performed with 100% oxygen with tidal volume ventilation for three to five minutes to achieve an end- expiratory oxygen concentration greater than 90%.

Study summary

The aim of the study was the assessment and comparison of the time taken for vocal cord visualization with three different head positions: (conventional sniffing position, ramp position and supine position) in obese patients

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Primary outcome measure(s)

• comparison of the time taken for vocal cord visualization — 1 hour
  Assessment and comparison of the time taken for vocal cord visualization with three different head positions: (conventional sniffing position, ramp position and supine position) in obese patients.

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