To measure airway with the help of ultrasound

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2021/03/032033
• Lead Sponsor: Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

Airway related morbidity as the result ofinability to anticipate the difficult airway remains primary concerns for theanaesthesiologist. Inability to predict difficult airway is  probably due to high inter observervariability and low predictability of routine airway assessment test.Combinationof routine clinical screening test with various ultra sound measurements mightbe reliable. USG ofupper airway provides detailed   assessment of anatomical structures, andairway pathology. The main benefit of USG in anaesthesia is the predictive powerfor difficult airway measurements such as thickness of anterior soft tissue atthe level of hyoid bone,thyrohyoid membrane,anterior commissure.

                                           Thisstudy is aimed to evaluate the utility of ultrasound measurement of infrahyoidairway structures in predicting difficult laryngoscopy

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-13
• Study Start: 2021-03-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

Patient scheduled for elective surgery requiring general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation ASA 1-3.

Exclusion Criteria

ASA 4 BMI >35 Pregnant women Cervical tumours Maxillofacial abnormalties Distorted airways, Edentulous patients People who cannot give their consent Cervical spine pathology Patient require rapid sequence intubation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
outcome will be assessed at the time of intubation	Baseline

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pondicherry institute of medical sciences; 🇮🇳 Pondicherry, PONDICHERRY, India

Pondicherry institute of medical sciences

🇮🇳Pondicherry, PONDICHERRY, India

DRSOUNDARYA MOHAN

Principal investigator

6380282382

drsoundaryamohan@gmail.com