a study to determine if ultrasound is helpful in predicting difficulty in intubating pediatric patients
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: J399- Disease of upper respiratory tract, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/11/021880
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Anil Agarwal
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 400
Inclusion Criteria
Patients in the specified age group undergoing elective surgery
Exclusion Criteria
Lack of parents’ consent Child not co-operative
Patients with head or neck anomalies
Syndromic patients
Patients undergoing emergency surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine the utility of ultrasonographic measurements of tongue width, tongue thickness, tonsil size, hyo-mental distance and thyrohyoid distance of pediatric patients in predicting difficult intubationTimepoint: Night before surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To determine the predictive value of these ultrasonographic measurements in determination of optimal endotracheal tube size.Timepoint: At the time of induction of surgery;2.To examine the association between these ultrasonographic measurements and airway clinical screening tests (interincisor gap, Mallampati grade and thyromental distance)Timepoint: Night before surgery