Comparison of Miller's Blade and Airtraq Laryngoscope in Children

Launched by GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, HALDWANI · Apr 21, 2015

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After approval from the institutional Ethical Committee, 60 patients were studied. A randomised prospective study was planned to compare size 1 Airtraq (Prodol Meditec S.A., Vizcaya, Spain) with Miller blade of same size.

The children included in the study were 2-10 years of age, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-II and posted for elective surgeries requiring tracheal intubation. The following were excluded from the study: (i) patients with upper respiratory tract symptoms, (ii) those at risk of gastroesophageal regurgitation and (iii) those with airway-related ...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-II,
• • 2. elective surgeries requiring tracheal intubation
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. patients with upper respiratory tract symptoms,
• • 2. those at risk of gastroesophageal regurgitation and
• • 3. those with airway-related conditions such a trismus, limited mouth opening, trauma or mass.