Prediction of anticipation of difficulty of passing of tube in airway path for anaesthesia using sonography for measurement of tongue and distnce between different landmarks on neck and face
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: Z00-Z99- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/01/022820
- Lead Sponsor
- GSMC KEMH
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1)Age:18-65 years
2)Patients of both genders
3)Body mass index <30 kg/m2
4)Patients undergoing all kind of elective surgeries under general anaesthesia requiring endotracheal intubation
5) American Society of Anaesthesiologists grade I and II
Exclusion Criteria
1)Patients not willing to participate in study.
2)Patients with insitu endotracheal tube.
3)Pregnant women
4)Patients requiring rapid sequence intubation.
5)Patients with restricted mouth opening of less than 2 centimetres or thyromental joint immobility in whom laryngoscope cannot be inserted and hence Cormack-Lehane grading not possible.
6)Patients with swelling, scars, contractures in front of neck.
7)Patients with cervical spine pathology, in whom neck extension is difficult.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the validity to predict difficulty in endotracheal intubation with a combination of Mallampati test with thyromental distance and sternomental distance and Mallampati test with ultrasound guided tongue thickness.Timepoint: day prior to surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Duration of laryngoscopy (in seconds) <br/ ><br>Duration of intubation (in seconds) <br/ ><br>Details of manoeuvres or use of advanced equipments during difficult intubation. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: On day of surgery