A Randomized Control Trial of Awake Oral to Submental Conversion versus Asleep Technique in Maxillofacial Trauma.

Aim: This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of awake oral to submental conversion over asleep technique.

Materials And Methods: This randomized clinical study was conducted in maxillofacial department of a tertiary care hospital in patients who had panfacial or mandibular fractures requiring elective surgical correction. The patients were randomly divided into two groups of 12 patients each, asleep fiberoptic-assisted submental intubation (SMI) (Group G; = 12) and awake fiberoptic-assisted SMI (Group A; = 12).

Comparison of endotracheal intubation time in neutral position between C-Mac and Airtraq laryngoscopes: A prospective randomised study.

Background And Aims: In the recent past, many novel devices such as AirTraq and C-MAC video laryngoscope (VL) have been introduced in an attempt to reduce anaesthetic morbidity and mortality associated with difficult intubation. In this study, we aimed to evaluate and compare C-MAC VL with a standard Macintosh blade and the AirTraq optical laryngoscope as a intubating devices with the patient's head in neutral position.

Methods: Sixty American Society of Anesthesiologist Physical Status I-II patients were randomly assigned to be intubated with C-MAC VL (Group CM; = 30) or AirTraq (Group AT; = 30) in the neutral position, with or without the application of optimization manoeuvres.