Nasal versus oral fiberoptic intubation via a cuffed oropharyngeal airway (COPA) during spontaneous ventilation

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare the success rate of nasal versus oral fiberoptic intubation in anesthetized patients breathing spontaneously via the cuffed oropharyngeal airway (COPAtrade mark).

DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, controlled study.

SETTING: Two university-affiliated hospitals.

PATIENTS: Patients scheduled for general or plastic surgery of the torso or extremities.

INTERVENTIONS: Nasal (n=20) and oral (n=20) fiberoptic intubation were performed in patients while breathing spontaneously via the COPA during standardized anesthesia.

MEASUREMENTS: Demographic data, mean arterial pressure, heart rate, end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2), oxygen saturation (SpO2), COPA size, difficult airway predictors, rate of failed ventilation via COPA, and frequency of hypoxemia (SpO2 < 90%) during the procedure, and perioperative untoward events were recorded.

MAIN RESULTS: The background, airway difficulty, vital signs and untoward effects were similar in the two groups. Nasal fiberoptic laryngeal view (scale 1-4) was better than the oral grading (3 [median] vs. 2, respectively; p <0.05). Eighty percent of the nasal intubations were successful compared with 40% of the oral intubations (p <0.05). Nasal intubations were accomplished within 153 +/- 15 SD seconds compared with 236 +/- 22 seconds (p <0.05) for the oral intubations, and less propofol was needed in the nasal intubations during the procedures (240 +/- 27 mg [nasal] vs. 277+/- 39 mg [oral]; p <0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: Nasal fiberoptic laryngoscopy is more successful and easy than the oral approach in anesthetized patients who are breathing spontaneously through the COPA.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2004

Erschienen:

2004

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical anesthesia - 16(2004), 7 vom: 10. Nov., Seite 503-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ezri, Tiberiu [VerfasserIn]
Szmuk, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Evron, Shmuel [VerfasserIn]
Warters, Robert D [VerfasserIn]
Herman, Oscar [VerfasserIn]
Weinbroum, Avi A [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Clinical Trial
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Randomized Controlled Trial

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 19.07.2005

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM152558926