Airway assessment using ultrasound and physical parameters to predict difficult airway
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/11/047580
- Lead Sponsor
- izams Institute of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients who provided informed consent for participation in the study, ASA class 1/2/3, Elective surgical procedures under general anesthesia, BMI <30kg/m2
Exclusion Criteria
Patient refusal, Unable to give consent, Facial fractures, Cervical fractures, History of difficult intubation, Mouth opening less than 2 finger breadths, Maxillofacial abnormalities, Neck tumors, Pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary objective is to measure and compare the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value of ultrasound measured airway parameters, MSH score in identifying difficult laryngoscopy, difficult intubationTimepoint: 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary objectives are as following <br/ ><br>1. Accuracy to predict difficult Cormack Lehane grade <br/ ><br>2. Predictability of difficult mask ventilation <br/ ><br>3. Time taken for assessmentTimepoint: 3 months