Comparison of Two Clinical Methods for Prediction of Difficult Airway for anaesthesia
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- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/05/067823
- Lead Sponsor
- KPC Medical College and Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patients planned for elective Surgery under General Anaesthesia with tracheal intubation
2.Patients with ASA Grade I and II
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients with ASA Grade III and IV
2.Patient with a previous history of speech disorders,larengeal & vocal cord diseases,
cleft palate, craniofacial syndromes, craniofacial trauma, previous oral and maxillofacial surgery,
3.Patient with hearing or perception abnormalities, mental or central nervous system diseases,
4.Pregnancy
5.Patients refusing consent
6.Patient admitted for emergency surgery.
7.History of difficult laryngoscopy in past
8.Patients participated in other relevant clinical investigation in the past 3 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate the predictive potential of modified Mallampati test alone and in conjunction with voice parameters for difficult laryngoscopy <br/ ><br>Timepoint: During pre anaesthetic check up((baseline) and laryngoscopy before intubation(4wks)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To determine correlation of different voice parameters to difficult laryngoscopy <br/ ><br>2.To determine predictive value of modified Mallampati test for difficult laryngoscopyTimepoint: During pre anaesthetic check up (base line) & laryngoscopy before intubation(4wks)