To correlate position of larynx seen under ultrasound machine and seen with help of direct laryngoscopy
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Posted for elective surgery under general anaesthesia
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/02/011728
- Lead Sponsor
- Shri sathya Sai medical college
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Willingness to participate in the study
2.ASA I or II physical status
3.Surgeries under general anesthesia requiring endotracheal intubation
Exclusion Criteria
1.ASA III or above
2.Mouth opening less than 2 finger breadth
3.Temporo mandibular joint stiffness
4.Ankylosing spondylosis
5.Submucosal fibrosis
6.Pregnancy
7.Buck tooth
8.Any cervical spine pathology
9.Infections of airway
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To correlate position of larynx on ultrasound with direct laryngoscopy in sniffing position and neutral positionTimepoint: Ultrasonography before starting of anaesthesia <br/ ><br>Cormack Lehane grading at laryngoscopy
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To correlate Cormack Lehane grading with mentohyoid distance and anterior neck soft tissue thickness on ultrasound in both positions.Timepoint: Ultrasonography before starting of anaesthesia <br/ ><br>Cormack Lehane grading at laryngoscopy