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Measurement of thickness of skin and underlying fat in the front of the neck using ultrasound and correlation with neck circumference to know whether there can be any difficulty in inserting an endotracheal tube or not

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/04/051608
Lead Sponsor
Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
43
Inclusion Criteria

Patients belonging to American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I to III scheduled for elective surgical procedure under general anaesthesia requiring tracheal intubation.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with cervical spine pathology, facial and tongue anomalies or any other airway anomaly, restricted mouth opening ( <2.5cm), those who were previously tracheostomised, pregnant women, edentulous and who refuse to participate in the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Predicting difficult laryngoscopy and intubation.Timepoint: Assessment of clinical parameters, USG parameters before induction of anaesthesia at baseline. <br/ ><br>At the time of bag and mask ventilation, laryngoscopy and intubation.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To find correlation between ultrasound guided parameters and clinical parametersTimepoint: During statistical calculation.
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