A study to predict difficult airway by studying the effect of upright and supine position on oral cavity examinatio
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: Z768- Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/06/019684
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Anaesthesiology
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 309
Inclusion Criteria
three hundred nine patients of ASA physical status I and III, aged 18-60 years, scheduled for surgery requiring general anaesthesia and orotracheal intubation will be included in the study
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with difficult airway because of upper airway pathology, anatomical deformity of face and neck, extremes of height (less than 150cm/greater than 180 cm), restricted neck movements, edentulous, uncooperative patients, obese with BMI>= 35 kg/m2, pregnant females and those undergoing emergency surgery will not be included in the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mallampati grading in sitting and supine positions, correlation of Mallampati grading in sitting and supine positions with difficult bag mask ventilation and difficult endotracheal Intubation. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: MPGsitting and other airway examination in premedication room, MPGsupine in operation theater before induction, ease of bag-mask ventilation and ease of intubation after induction
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method correlation of other airway assessment methods with difficult laryngoscopy and endotracheal Intubation.Timepoint: other airway assessment will be done in the premedication room on the day of surgery, and difficult intubation will be assessed after induction in the operative room