Awake Nasal Intubation in Laryngopharyngeal Tumors

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-12-25
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

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.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Droperidol; Fentanyl; Lidocaine; Midazolam

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients with tumours of larynx, oro and hypo-pharynx that obstruct airway access.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who refuse the procedure, with bleeding disorders, acute respiratory failure manifested by stridor or the impossibility of nasal passage are excluded from the study.