To study the effect of measurements of the face and neck on difficulty in seeing the larynx during anaesthesia in the Indian populatio
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Difficult laryngoscopy
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2014/12/005306
- Lead Sponsor
- Safdarjang Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
ASA physical status I- III adult patients scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia requiring tracheal intubation
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with obvious malformation of the neck or face in whom tracheal intubation under general anesthesia would be contraindicated, inter incisor distance < 1.5cm, unstable cervical spine, and patients requiring rapid sequence induction.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)To determine the optimum threshold value of SMD for difficult laryngoscopy in the Indian population. <br/ ><br>2) To determine the extent of SMD displacement that correlates with difficult laryngoscopy. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: At induction of anaesthesia
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine the optimum threshold value of SMD for difficult intubation in the Indian population.Timepoint: At induction of anaesthesia