45
Participants
Start Date
September 30, 2016
Primary Completion Date
June 22, 2018
Study Completion Date
June 22, 2018
0 L/min oxygen via conventional nasal cannulae
Patients will have conventional nasal cannulae placed under chin prior to induction of anesthesia. Immediately post-induction these will be placed into the nares. They will be removed from the nares at the end of the study when the airway has been secured. There will be no oxygen flowing through the cannulae in this group during the study.
15 L/min oxygen via conventional nasal cannulae
Patients will have conventional nasal cannulae placed under chin prior to induction of anesthesia. Immediately post-induction these will be placed into the nares. They will be removed from the nares at the end of the study when the airway has been secured. There will be 15 L/min of oxygen flowing through the cannulae in this group during the study.
60 L/min oxygen via high-flow nasal cannulae
Patients will have high-flow nasal cannulae placed under chin prior to induction of anesthesia. Immediately post-induction these will be placed into the nares. They will be removed from the nares at the end of the study when the airway has been secured. There will be 60 L/min of oxygen flowing through the cannulae in this group during the study.
Halifax Infirmary, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax
Dalhousie University
OTHER
Nova Scotia Health Authority
OTHER