About this trial
Endotracheal intubation can induce laryngotracheal injury which results in narrowing of the airway due to edema of the glottis. This can increase the risk of development of post-extubation stridor (PES)
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Adult patients (>18 years)
American Society of Anesthesiologists status I and II
undergoing elective maxillomandibular fixation surgeries under general anesthesia with nasal endotracheal intubation
Disqualifiers
patients' refusal
pregnant females
patients with body mass index <18.5 or ≥ 35 kg/m2
risk of aspiration
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
budesonide
Drug2 ml nebulized budesonide (containing 1 mg) diluted in 3 ml of normal saline will be nebulized preoperatively
normal saline
Drug5 ml normal saline will be nebulized preoperatively
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Laryngeal air column width ratio
%
Secondary outcomes
The duration of nasal endotracheal intubation
min
endotracheal tube insertion depth
cm
The incidence of epistasis occurrence during nasotracheal intubation
4-point verbal descriptor scale (0=no symptoms, 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe)
Expiratory tidal volume immediate after intubation with the cuff inflated
ml
Other outcomes
Expiratory tidal volume immediate after intubation with the cuff deflated
ml
Expiratory tidal volume immediate before extubation with the cuff inflated
ml
Expiratory tidal volume immediate before extubation with the cuff deflated
ml
cuff leak volume
ml
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