An observational cross sectional study aiming to identify ultrasound predictors of a difficult airway prior to elective surgery
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: T884- Failed or difficult intubation
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/05/018986
- Lead Sponsor
- Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
Requiring Intubation for an Elective Surgical Procedure
Exclusion Criteria
1. Any abnormalities or illness preventing the use of clinical screening tests
2. Patient has a tracheostomy tube
3. Patient is unable or unwilling to give consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To ascertain the cut off values of ultrasound assessment of the airway in predicting a difficult airwayTimepoint: The ultrasound of the airway will be assessed and performed prior to intubation and surgery onset while the grade of intubation difficulty will be assessed during intubation by an experienced senior anesthetist
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Which ultrasound measurements correlate best with the diagnosis of a difficult airway <br/ ><br>Comparison of ultrasound indices with conventional airway examination indices in predicting difficult airway. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: The conventional airway indices will be assessed prior to the elective surgery in the pre aesthetic clinic and the ultrasound will be done prior to the surgery itself, within a period of 24 hours. The assessment of the Cormack Lehane grading will be done while intubating the patient by an experienced senior anaesthetist. The data will be complied and studied after enrolment of all the required trial subjects.