comparison of clinical tests vs ultrasound measurements in patients with difficult view of windpipe openinng
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: Z408- Encounter for other prophylactic surgery
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/12/047830
- Lead Sponsor
- Medica Superspecialty Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I â?? III.
2.Age 18-70 years
3.Scheduled to undergo elective surgery and tracheal intubation using direct laryngoscopy
4.Laryngeal view recorded as Modified Cormack Lehane >= 2b
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patient refusal
2.Pregnancy
3.Predictors of difficult airway requiring awake intubation:
a) Oropharyngeal pathologies
b) Body Mass Index > 35kg/m2
b) Limited Cervical spine mobility
c) Restricted mouth opening
d) History of difficult laryngoscopy or intubation.
4.High risk of aspiration
a)Full stomach
b)Emergency surgeries
c)Hiatus hernia
d)Gastro-oesophageal reflux
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the predictability of modified Cormack Lehane grade â?¥ 2b using clinical parameters vs ultrasound guided measurements.Timepoint: Preoperative
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 2.To determine the mean values of distance from skin to epiglottis (DSE), distance from skin to hyoid bone (DHS) and distance from skin to vocal cord (DVC) that correlates with modified Cormack Lehane grade â?¥ 2b in our populationTimepoint: Preoperative assessment