ltrasonography of the anterior neck to predict difficult airway by measuring depth at various levels.
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M959- Acquired deformity of musculoskeletal system, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/01/048922
- Lead Sponsor
- Sanjay Gandhi institute of trauma and orthopedics
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
American Society of Anesthesiologists I ,II or III
Scheduled for elective surgery and requiring general anesthesia with direct laryngoscopy.
Exclusion Criteria
Patient refusal
Edentuolus patients
Patients in whom the interincisor gap was less than 3 cm
Patients with head and neck pathologies
Parturients
Rapid sequence intubation
Pre-existing limitation or pain with cervical spine movement.
Radiotherapy at the cervical level.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Prediction of difficult airway by Cormack Lehane scaleTimepoint: 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umber of attempts at intubation, Need for alternative Difficult intubation approaches, Inability to secure the airwayTimepoint: 6 months