Tegarderm® Placement for Bag Mask Ventilation in the Bearded Patient

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Conditions studied: Pulmonary Ventilation

In brief

Difficult Bag Mask Ventilation is well described in the anesthesiology literature, and bearded patients are likely to experience this phenomenon. This study involves application of a large and perforated Tegaderm® across the lower face of the bearded patient to quantify its effectiveness at improving mask ventilation in this anesthetized population.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04274686

Run by

University of New Mexico

People needed

25

Starts

2020-02-12

Expected to finish

2021-05-03

Last updated by the study team

2022-09-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult patients with perioral facial hair >5mm in length
• Undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery with planned bag-mask ventilation during anesthesia induction

You may not qualify if…

• Known allergy to Tegaderm product and/or its adhesive
• Emergency surgery
• Active or unstable cardiac disease
• ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) physical status ≥4
• External or internal active airway obstruction from tumor, abscess, or laryngeal edema
• Organic or non-organic oropharyngeal anatomical defects including history of radiation treatment to the neck
• Moderate to severe acute and chronic restrictive or obstructive lung diseases, e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, etc.
• Requirement for rapid sequence intubation, or known aspiration risk
• Cervical spine injury
• Previously documented difficult mask ventilation or intubation
• BMI ≥50
• Vulnerable populations: children, prisoners, pregnant patients, cognitively impaired adults

Where it is running

• University of New Mexico Hospital — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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