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A Comparative Study for Prediction of Difficulty of laryngoscopic Endotracheal Intubation in Operation Theatre by Measuring Patient Height and Neck Before Coming to Operation Theatre.

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: 8- Other Procedures
Registration Number
CTRI/2019/12/022445
Lead Sponsor
Dr S N Medical College and Associated Group of Hospitals Jodhpur Rajasthan
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Patients of ASA grad 1 and 2, weight 50 -80 kg, posted for elective surgery under general anaesthesia

Exclusion Criteria

Patient refusal, edentulous, pregnancy, upper air way facial abnormality or pathology, tumour, midline neck swelling requiring a rapid sequence induction or awake intubation, patients with history of previous surgery, burn, radiation or trauma to upper airway, unable to stand erect, patients with various craniofacial syndromes having facial abnormality like Treacher Collins Syndrome, Klippel Feil Syndrome, Crouzon Syndrome, Apert Syndrome etc.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To compare the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of ratio of patient height to thyromental distance, ratio of patient neck circumference to thyromental distance and thyromental height in adult patients.Timepoint: By December2020
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ATimepoint: NA
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