Airway Management in Morbidly Obese Patients: A Comparison of Intubating Laryngeal Mask Fastrack and Air Q as a Conduit for Fiberoptic Intubation

Airway Management in Morbidly Obese Patients: A Comparison of Intubating Laryngeal Mask Fastrack and Air Q as a Conduit for Fiberoptic Intubation

To compare air Q versus ILMA intubation in obese adult paralyzed patient

Evaluate the process of endo-tracheal intubation through Air Q compared to through ILMA regarding number and duration of attempts, laryngeal view grade, time to removal of device over tube without dislodgement and any complication

Inclusion Criteria:All morbidly obese patient defined as BMI >40 kg/m2 scheduled for an elective surgery requiring general anesthesia with tracheal intubation were enrolled on the day of their surgery.

ASA physical status (I-II)

Exclusion Criteria physical status of IV or V or had a history of impossible tracheal intubation or awake fibreoptic intubation or if preoperative evaluation showed limited mouth aperture <3.5 cm or showed evidence that an awake fiberoptic intubation or rapid sequence induction would be required patients at increased risk for aspiration of gastric contents, coagulopathy or those with unstable cervical spines or requiring nasal route for tracheal intubation

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