An observational study of the occurence and reasons for difficult mask ventillation in adult surgical patients.
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/10/037171
- Lead Sponsor
- Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients of 18-60 years of age,of either sex,posted for elective surgeries under general anesthesia
Patients allotted to ASA 1-3
Exclusion Criteria
Refusal by patients for the procedure
Patient with obvious malformations of airway ( Trauma or burns or tumors or mass in neck or airway)
Patients requiring Rapid Sequence Intubation with cricoid pressure
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The overall incidence of difficult mask ventilationTimepoint: After induction, before intubation,ie,9 minutes
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The different grades of mask ventilation <br/ ><br>The various predictors of difficult mask ventilation and their correlation with the different grades of mask ventilationTimepoint: After induction, before intubation,ie,9 minutes