Thyromental Height Test for predicting difficult intubation in elderly populatio
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- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/03/041528
- Lead Sponsor
- RRMCH Bengaluru
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Elective surgery requiring general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation
2.Age group > 65 years
3.ASA grade I -III
4.BMI < 40 kg/m2
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patient refusal
2.Unable to give consent
3.Pre-existing airway malformations or pathology like facial or cervical fractures
4.Unstable spine and history of cervical spine fixation
5.Maxillofacial abnormality
6.Patients with tracheostomy tubes
7.Pregnant patients
8.BMI > 40 kg/ m2
9.Emergency surgery
10.Nasal intubation
11.Intubation with fiberoptic scope or glidescope
12.Awake fibreoptic intubation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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