Is Ultrasound of neck a predictor of difficult airway management in obese patients?
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Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Any patient of age between 18 to 75 years with BMI more than 30.0 kg/m2 who is undergoing surgery under general anaesthesia.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/11/010320
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
1.Age between 18 to 75 years
2.BMI >30.0 kg/m2
3.Undergoing elective surgery requiring general anaesthesia
Exclusion Criteria
1.refusal to participate
2.upper airway pathology
3.cervical spine fractures
4.pregnant women
5.gross anatomic abnormalities
6.history of mandibular or neck surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate the correlation between the sonographic suprahyoid and infrahyoid measurement of airway, with difficult laryngoscopy in obese patients.Timepoint: end of 2years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To find out the correlation between the Sonographic measurements and Difficult Mask Ventilation in obese patients.Timepoint: End of 2 years