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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 43-48 |
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Comparison of conventional with Parker flex-tip tracheal tube for intubation through air-Q intubating laryngeal airway
Jatin Lal1, Teena Bansal1, Gaurav Dhawan1, Susheela Taxak1, Manu Smriti2, Jyoti Sharma1, Deepali Thaper3
1 Department of Anaesthesia, University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
2 Department of Microbiology, PDM Dental and Research Institute, Bahadurgarh, Haryana, India
3 Department of Microbiology, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Teena Bansal
Department of Anaesthesia, University of Health Sciences, 19/6 J, Medical Campus, Rohtak - 124 001, Haryana
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/joacp.JOACP_227_18
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Background and Aims: 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.
Material and Methods: One hundred patients of either sex, aged 18–60 years, belonging to American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status class I and II scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia requiring endotracheal intubation were included in the study. Blind intubation using conventional PVC TT and Parker flex-tip tube was done in group A (n = 50) and group B (n = 50), respectively.
Results: The first attempt success rate in Parker flex-tip TT was significantly more as compared to conventional PVC TT (P = 0.002). Success rate of intubation was significantly more in Parker flex-tip TT as compared to conventional PVC TT (P = 0.004). The intubation was significantly easy in Parker flex-tip tube as compared to conventional PVC TT (P = 0.002). Total time of intubation was less in Parker flex-tip tube as compared to PVC TT (P = 0.043).
Conclusion: Unique design of the Parker Flex-tip TT resulted in increase in success rate, first attempt success rate and ease of intubation in group B in present study.
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