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Geriatric Patients and Laryngeal Mask Unique

NCT02219282 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2017-06-29

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Summary

As a result of rises in living standards quality of life is progressively increasing. Combined with developments in anesthesia, surgical techniques and medication allowing more difficult and complicated interventions to be carried out, elderly patients are encountered more often in daily anesthetic practice.Reduced tone in the upper airway of geriatric patients increases the possibility of airway obstruction. In old patients with no teeth, sunken cheeks may make ventilation with a mask ineffective; perhaps even impossible.

In addition to our observations that Laryngeal mask (LM) is more difficult to place in older patients, in the literature there are very few studies on the use of LM in older patients. Sixty percent of patients over the age of 65 have no teeth. Ventilation with a mask is more difficult for patients without teeth compared to those with teeth. Laryngeal mask is an alternative airway device for patients without teeth when the face mask does not sit correctly.

The aim of this study is primarily to measure the success of placement on first try, ease and duration of insertion and oropharyngeal leak pressure of laryngeal mask Unique (LMU) in patients 65 years of age and above dentulous and edentulous elderly patients. The secondary aim is to compare the effects on the hemodynamic response occurring during placement.

Conditions

  • Anaesthesia

Interventions

OTHER

Laryngeal Mask Unique insertion

Before insertion the laryngeal mask used in daily routine (Laryngeal Mask Unique) was lubricated with a water-based gel and the cuff was completely deflated. After induction when BIS values were between 40 and 60 and sufficient chin relaxation was obtained for patients weighing less than 50 kg no. 3 LMU, for those between 50-90 kg no. 4 and for patients above 90 kg no. 5 LMU was inserted by an anesthetist with more than three years experience.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dokuz Eylul University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • SEMİH KUCUKGUCLU, M.D. · Dokuz Eylül University, School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-08-31
Primary Completion
2010-11-30
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

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