Comparing ultrasound with clinical methods to predict difficult airway(for purpose of inserting tube into trachea )
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: 4- Measurement and Monitoring
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/08/044573
- Lead Sponsor
- Shri B M Patil Medical College and Research Centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1) ASA 1 and ASA 2 patients requiring endotracheal intubation for surgeries under general anesthesia.
Exclusion Criteria
1)Patient refusal
2)History of difficult intubation
3)Body mass index > 40kg/m�²
4)Pregnant patients
5)Patients undergoing rapid sequence intubation
6)Patients with pre existing airway malformations or pathologies like goitre or cervical fractures or tumours or maxillofacial abnormalities
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate the ability of ultrasonography in predicting difficult laryngoscopyTimepoint: 2 mins
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To measure the distance between skin to epiglottis (DSE) and distance between skin to hyoid bone(DSHB) using ultrasonography versus conventional screening tools such as modified Mallampatti score and thyromental distance in the prediction of difficult laryngoscopyTimepoint: 5 minutes