Open AccessComparison of conventional with Parker flex-tip tracheal tube for intubation through air-Q intubating laryngeal airway
Author(s) -
Jatin Lal,
Teena Bansal,
Gaurav Dhawan,
Susheela Taxak,
Manu Smriti,
Jyoti Sharma,
Deepali Thaper
Publication year - 2020
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/joacp.joacp_227_18
Subject(s) - intubation , medicine , flex , anesthesia , tracheal tube , tube (container) , tracheal intubation , airway , elective surgery , endotracheal tube , surgery , american society of anesthesiologists , airway management , materials science , telecommunications , computer science , composite material
The problem of difficult and failed intubation led to increased development of equipment for airway management. A number of supraglottic airways have now been developed to facilitate the passage of tracheal tubes. Conventional PVC tracheal tubes are recommended for intubation through the air-Q ILA. No study has compared different PVC tubes for blind intubation through air-Q ILA. Thus, we undertook this prospective, randomised, single blind study to compare two PVC tracheal tubes with different designs viz. conventional PVC tracheal tube (TT) and Parker flex-tip TT with regards to success rate, ease of intubation and total time required for successful intubation through air-Q ILA.