Comparison of ease of endotracheal intubation with fixed height pillow versus pillow height attained by alignment of external auditory meatus to sternal notch

• DOI: 10.71152/ajms.v15i12.4316
• Publication Date: 2025-01-05T00:28:42Z
• Authors: Priyanka Bansal; Pulkita Kataria; Kirti Kshetrapal; Hemant Kamal; Renu Bala; Geeta Ahlawat
• Keywords: Meatus

Background: Endotracheal intubation is considered to be the “Gold Standard” for airway management during administration of general anesthesia and in critical care setting because its advantages, which allows delivery anesthetic gases oxygen through positive pressure ventilation without inflation stomach, permits access tracheobronchial tree pulmonary hence minimizing risk gastric content aspiration, improves surgical head neck. The major determinants easy tracheal are optimal laryngoscopy a good visualization glottis. Aims Objectives: aims objectives study seek pillow height that gives best direct laryngoscopic view can recommended as starting position before adults. Materials Methods: present was conducted prospective randomized comparative manner Department Anaesthesiology Critical Care, Pt. B.D. Sharma University Health Sciences, Rohtak after obtaining approval from institutional ethical committee (approval number: No. BREC/Th/20/Anaesth.../034). Patients included were scheduled elective surgery under requiring endotracheal intubation. inclusion criteria patients aged 18–50 years either sex ASA I II. Results: A total 50 subjects, 25 each group, final analysis. Following observations results drawn using appropriate statistical tests. various out population, mean age Group 1 38.48±11.77 39.36±11.64 2. Conclusion: To conclude, alignment external auditory meatus sternal notch offers better conditions than conventionally used sniffing when assessed terms Cormack–Lehane grading time taken