Ultrasound in Airway Assessment of Morbidly Obese Patients

• Conditions: General Anesthesia of Morbid Obese Patients

• Registration Number: NCT02766504
• Lead Sponsor: Mansoura University

Brief Summary

the study aims to evaluate the role of airway ultrasound as a new evolving modality in assessment and management of airway in surgical patients

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-10
• Study First Submitted: 2015-10-03
• Status Verified: 2016-05
• Primary Completion: 2016-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-05-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-05-05
• Study First Posted: 2016-05-09
• Last Update Posted: 2016-05-09
• Study Completion: 2016-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• all surgical list patients planned for general anesthesia from october 2015 to may 2016

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient refusal

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
prediction of difficult intubation in morbid obese patients	during endotracheal tube insertion	prediction of difficult intubation in morbid obese versus traditional airway scores; Mallampati score.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mansoura university; 🇪🇬 Mansoura, Dkahleya, Egypt