Awake Nasal Intubation in Laryngopharyngeal Tumors

Completed 32 enrolled Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

NaSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

This study evaluates the efficiency of awake naso-tracheal intubation and patient satisfaction when using a small diameter flexible nasolaryngoscope together with topical anaesthesia and light sedation with a combination of benzodiazepine and fentanyl. The selected patients will have difficult airway access because of obstructing oro- and hypo-pharynx tumours.

Timeline

Start: 2018-02-20
Primary completion: 2018-11-20
Completion: 2018-12-25

Publications

Breazu CM, Marchis IF, Negrut MF, Crihan M, Alexa AL, Blebea CM. The Flexible Rhino-Laryngoscope for Awake Nasotracheal Intubation. J Vis Exp. 2024 Aug 2;(210). doi: 10.3791/66875.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Background	Fentanyl	Other / unclassified	3 ug/kg	Intravenous
Background	Lidocaine	Other / unclassified	7 mg/kg	Topical
Background	Midazolam	Small molecule	0.05 mg/kg	Intravenous

Indications

No indication recorded.