A novel method using ultrasonography for predicting difficult intubation.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- SurgeryPreoperative airway assessmentAnaesthesia
- Registration Number
- PACTR201408000828263
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
1. patients undergoing any elective or emergency operation admitted in Suez Canal University Hospital.
2. All patients aged from 16 to 75 years
3. Patients who are planned to have general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation.
4.Both sexes.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients¿ refusal to participate in the study.
2. Any patient who cannot be put in sniffing position either due to deformity or due to cervical spine injury.
3. Any airway pathology like large thyroid tumors
4.Pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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