Is Ultrasound of neck a predictor of difficult airway management in obese patients?
- Conditions
- Any patient of age between 18 to 75 years with BMI more than 30.0 kg/m2 who is undergoing surgery under general anaesthesia.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/11/010320
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS
- Brief Summary
In general anaesthesia airway related problems continue to be the most common cause of morbidity and mortality. And in obese patients airway management becomes a prime importance. Ultrasound being a bed side tool, has an established role in airway management. The submandibultiar scanning and pretracheal soft tissue thickness has the potential for predicting difficult mask ventilation and laryngoscopy in obese patients. However there is paucity of data in literature using ultrasound for this purpose. Hence this study aims to determine the utility of ultrasound in predicting difficult laryngoscopy in obese patients.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
1.Age between 18 to 75 years 2.BMI >30.0 kg/m2 3.Undergoing elective surgery requiring general anaesthesia.
1.refusal to participate 2.upper airway pathology 3.cervical spine fractures 4.pregnant women 5.gross anatomic abnormalities 6.history of mandibular or neck surgery.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate the correlation between the sonographic suprahyoid and infrahyoid measurement of airway, with difficult laryngoscopy in obese patients. end of 2years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To find out the correlation between the Sonographic measurements and Difficult Mask Ventilation in obese patients. End of 2 years
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
All India Institue of Medical Sciences
🇮🇳Delhi, DELHI, India
All India Institue of Medical Sciences🇮🇳Delhi, DELHI, IndiaDr Ranjitha NPrincipal investigator9003800025ranjithaaiims@gmail.com