Endotracheal Extubation With Suctioning Versus Positive Pressure in Children After General Anaesthesia.

The intervention will try to identify which technique is better to extubate the patient after general anesthesia.

In literature/anesthesia practice there is no scale, parameter or questionnaire to indicate extubation. However the aim is universally accepted that is to extubate the patient when he/she is hemodynamically stable and able to maintain a patent airway and oxygen saturation while spontaneously breathing and awake.

In my trial, half the number of participants will be extubated by applying suctioning to the endotracheal tube and the remaining will be extubated by applying positive pressure to the endotracheal tube at the end of general anesthesia.

Patients heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, the need for clearing secretions from the airway, and the need for supplemental oxygen at the time of extubation and 3 minutes after extubation will be compared to identify which technique is better in terms of patients airway management.

Heart rate in beats per minute

Oxygen saturation in percentage

Blood pressure in millimetre of mercury

Supplemental oxygen in liters per min

Number of times suctioning required to clear airway secretions