To choose the correct size of windpipe using ultrasound.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/12/047979
- Lead Sponsor
- Dept of Anaesthesia
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Age group 2-6years.
2.ASA I-III
3.Elective surgeries under GA
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patient with any anticipated difficult airway.
2.Patient with any anatomical deformity of upper airway
3.Patient with previous surgery involving upper airway.
4.Patient with any obvious scars, mass, or ulcer which will interfere with ultrasound examination of neck.
5.Patientâ??s attenders refusal to give consent.
6.Patient with history of previous prolonged intubation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ultrasound guided estimated ETT size is accurate compared to conventional height and weight formula based calculated ETT size.Timepoint: 24 Hours
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ultrasound measured ETT size prevents the need of re attempts of intubation which may be harmful to the paediatric patients.Timepoint: 24 hours