Comparison of three Pre operative bedside screening tests in predicting difficult airway
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: Z768- Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/03/032250
- Lead Sponsor
- Ashvinth Saravanan
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Patients belonging to ASA physical status 1 and 2
Patients undergoing elective surgeries under general anaesthesia requiring oral endotracheal intubation
Patients who provide consent
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who are unable to give consent
Patients undergoing emergency surgeries
Patients requiring rapid sequence intubation
Patients with contraindication to general anaesthesia
Patients with anatomical deformities in the front of the neck
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison of Thyromental height test with other airway predictors such as Thyromental distance, Modified Mallampatti Test and ratio of height to thyromental distance to assess the best predictor of difficult airway. <br/ ><br>To look for sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of Thyromental height testTimepoint: Baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To look for sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of Thyromental height testTimepoint: 10 months