Open AccessA randomised comparative study of Miller laryngoscope blade versus Oxiport® Miller laryngoscope blade for neonatal and infant intubations
Author(s) -
Raylene Dias,
Nandini Dave,
Rachana Chhabria,
Harick Shah,
Madhu Garasia
Publication year - 2017
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/ija.ija_86_17
Subject(s) - medicine , blade (archaeology) , miller , mechanical engineering , engineering , ecology , biology
Neonates and infants are prone to oxygen desaturation during the induction of general anaesthesia. Pharyngeal oxygen insufflation has been shown to delay the onset of desaturation and hypoxaemia during apnoea. We tested the hypothesis that deep laryngeal oxygenation with Oxiport ® Miller blade would delay the onset of desaturation compared to laryngoscopy without supplemental oxygen (Miller blade).