A comparative evaluation of time taken and ease of intubation using Airtraq and McCoy laryngoscope

Dr. Partha Sarathi Mohapatra; Dr. Ipsa Mohapatra; Dr. Krishna Mishra

Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2017

A comparative evaluation of time taken and ease of intubation using Airtraq and McCoy laryngoscope

Dr. Partha Sarathi Mohapatra, Dr. Ipsa Mohapatra, Dr. Krishna Mishra

Abstract :

Difficult tracheal intubation is a major cause of severe perioperative morbidity and mortality related to anaesthesia. The McCoy [MC] laryngoscope, which was used more commonly, was compared with the Airtraq [AT] laryngoscope, which has been developed for use in patients with normal or difficult airways. The study aimed at comp� and evaluating the time taken and ease of intubation by using both. Using a cross–sectional study design, the study was carried out in Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, under the Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh from January to March 2012; on a sample of 50 patients, randomly divided into two groups of 25 patients each using chit–in–a–box technique. The male: female ratio was 0.8:1. The mean � SD age in the AT group was 36.76 � 9.09 years and in the MC group was 38.48+15.19 years. In group AT 32% patients were (Mallampati score grade I) MPI as compared to group MC in which 48% patients were MPI. In group AT 44% patients were MPII, 16% MPIII; as compared to group MC in which 40% patients were MPII and 4% MPIII. In both group AT and group MC 8% patients were MPIV. 72% of patients in Group AT were intubated between 1 –10 secs as compared to Group MC in which 60% of the patients were intubated between 11–20secs.The mean time of laryngeal intubation in the MC group was 22.08 � 5.78 and AT group was 9.76 � 2.60. This was found to be statistically significant. Our study revealed that Airtraq was a better interventional technique than the McCoy laryngoscope and provided better intubation conditions with greater ease of intubation.