NCT01909310

Head Positions to Open the Airway IV

Head Positions to Open the Upper Airway IV

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical University Innsbruck · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

After routine induction of general anaesthesia peak airway pressure (= P max) and other respiratory parameters(i.e. expiratory tidal volume, expiratory CO2) are measured with and without head support in three different head positions: neutral position, reclination of the head, a position deemed ideal by the anaesthesist; primary study goal is pmax depending on different head positions;

Conditions

• Cardiac or Respiratory Arrest, Anaesthesia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	head extension	the lungs are ventilated with the patient´s head extended
PROCEDURE	neutral position	the lungs are ventilated with the patient´s head in neutral position
PROCEDURE	anaesthesiologist´s position	the lungs are ventilated with the patient´s head positioned deemed ideal by the anaesthesiologist

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-09-01
• Primary completion: 2014-04-01
• Completion: 2015-04-01
• First posted: 2013-07-26
• Last updated: 2017-03-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria