Investigator-initiated, multicentre, open-label, two-arm, randomised controlled trial comparing intubating conditions in 25° head-up position and supine: the InSize25 study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Difficult airway management during tracheal intubation can lead to severe hypoxic sequelae. Routine intubation practice is to use a strict supine position, whereas a 25° head-up or reverse Trendelenburg position increases efficacy of preoxygenation, seems more comfortable for the anaesthetist and may also provide better intubation conditions in direct laryngoscopy. The 25° head-up position could be used for the whole population rather than only for obese patients, but there is no prospective randomised controlled trial with a robust design and large number of patients comparing strict supine against 25° intubation in operating room. The objective of the InSize25 study is to test the effect of these two patient positions on intubation conditions during laryngoscopy in s

SUBMITTER: Falempin AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858095 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature