Open AccessTracheal intubation through laryngeal mask airway CTrach™ with polyvinyl chloride tube: Comparison between two orientations of the tracheal tube
Author(s) -
Karri Pavani,
Handattu Mahabaleswara Krishna,
Nandhini Joseph
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.222507
Subject(s) - intubation , medicine , sore throat , tracheal intubation , anesthesia , tracheal tube , elective surgery , surgery , airway , laryngoscopy , laryngeal masks , tube (container) , orientation (vector space) , laryngeal mask airway , mechanical engineering , geometry , mathematics , engineering
Higher success rate of intubation is observed with the reverse orientation of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tracheal tube while intubating through laryngeal mask airway (LMA) Fastrach™. It is not clear whether the same is true during intubation through LMA CTrach™ visualizing the process of intubation. The primary aim of this study was to compare the influence of the PVC tracheal tube orientation on the success rate of intubation while intubating through LMA CTrach™.