Correlation between tongue thickness and difficulty in direct laryngoscopy.
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- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: 4- Measurement and Monitoring
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/10/037443
- Lead Sponsor
- PtBDSharma PGIMS Rohtak
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients of either sex aged 18 to 70 years, belonging to ASA physical status I & II, scheduled to undergo elective surgery under general anaesthesia requiring tracheal intubation, who are able to understand the study protocol will be included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
The patients who
have upper airway anatomical deformity, trauma or tumor,
have cervical spine instability,
require rapid sequence induction,
have previous h/o difficult airway,
require fibreoptic history of difficulty intubation,
have restricted mouth opening,
are edentulous,
have BMI >35kgm,
have h/o obstructive sleep apnoea,
are not willing to give consent
will be excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate preoperative ultrasonographic measurement of tongue thickness and correlate it with grades of laryngoscopyTimepoint: 1.Pre-anaesthetic checkup one day prior to surgery <br/ ><br>2.Pre-operative assessment <br/ ><br>3.intra op assesment of cl grading
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate preoperative ultrasonographic assessment of following two parameters <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>a) distance from skin to hyoid bone <br/ ><br>b) distance from skin to thyrohyoid membraneTimepoint: 1.Pre-operative assessment <br/ ><br>2.intra op assessment og cl grading