A Study of Airtraq Optical Laryngoscope for Intubation in Adult Surgical Patients, A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

Objectives: To ponder the intubating conditions in grown-up careful patients utilizing airtraq optical laryngoscope without hardly lifting a finger of intubation, time taken for intubation, aviation route injury and hemodynamic reaction to laryngoscopy.

Place of Study: Aneasthesia Department, Sree Balaji Medical College and hospital, Chromepet, Chennai.

Period of Study: August 2016 to February 2018(18 months).

Study Design: Cross sectional analytical study.

Materials & Method: The investigation was a Single focus, forthcoming, randomized, open mark, interventional controlled study. After acquiring institutional moral advisory group endorsement. 30 patients (test size) are posted for elective medical procedure requiring general anesthesia (Recruitment) with fulfilling consideration criteria were airtraqwho were decided on general medical procedure intubated with airtraqoptical laryngoscope tried out the examination in the wake of acquiring educated assent from the patients and relatives.

Results: Our study proved that Airtraq intubation helps the patients with good glottis view and it has less duration and less airway trauma. The intubation time and intubation difficulty score is more stable.

Conclusion: Our study concludes that endotracheal intubation is easier with Airtraq as it provide good glottis view. In addition to that Airtraq have less intubation duration, less hemodynamic response for intubation and less Airway trauma. Airtraqlaryngoscope significantly improve the view of glottic opening and facilitates fast, easy and reliable intubation.Airtraq reduce the need of more sophisticated and complex airway instrument like flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope to a particular extent.