Open AccessComparison of success rate of intubation through Air-Q with ILMA using two different endotracheal tubes
Author(s) -
Sheetal Malhotra,
KV Bharath,
Vikas Saini
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.179448
Subject(s) - medicine , intubation , anesthesia , american society of anesthesiologists , endotracheal tube , airway , endotracheal intubation , significant difference , tracheal tube , airway management , laryngoscopy , surgery , general anaesthesia
Air-Q™ is a newly introduced airway device, which can be used to facilitate endotracheal intubation. The primary aim of this study was to assess whether use of two different endotracheal tubes (ETTs) (standard polyvinyl chloride [PVC] and reinforced PVC) increases the success rate of blind intubation through Air-Q™ (Group Q) when compared with intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA- Fastrach™) keeping ILMA as control (Group I).