A study to compare airway ultrasound and clinical airway assessment of obese patients preoperatively to help with endotracheal intubation.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/04/041742
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Anesthesiology
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
ASA grade I, II, III
Patients with BMI > 30
Age between 18-65 years
Posted for elective surgery or procedure
Exclusion Criteria
Patient Refusal
ASA grade IV
Patients with cervical spine pathology
Neck Masses
Patients with Tracheostomy
Patients scheduled for fiberoptic intubation.
Emergency cases
Anasarca
Patients who require rapid sequence induction
Facial fractures
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine the efficacy of ultrasound in predicting difficult laryngoscopy in obese patients.Timepoint: The time of assessment will be preoperative ultrasound of airway.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To correlate the airway ultrasound findings with Cormack Lehane grading in anticipating difficult laryngoscopy in obese patients.Timepoint: To be evaluated at the time of direct laryngoscopy.