To find the distance between the voice box and end of wind pipe and also the length of wind pipe in Indian adults
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthesia with orotracheal intubation.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/04/008318
- Lead Sponsor
- Safdarjung Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 92
Inclusion Criteria
1.American Society of Anaesthesiologists physical status grade I or II adults
2.Age 18 to 65 years
3.Undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthesia with orotracheal intubation.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with anticipated difficult intubation
2. Modified Mallampati class of oropharyngeal view 3 or 4
3. Swelling or contractures in the neck
4. Distorted tracheal anatomy
5. Risk of aspiration
6. Patients requiring use of flexometallic or preformed tubes
7. Bleeding diathesis
8. Patients on anticoagulation medication
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine the correlation of vocal cord-carina distance with various physical parameters and airway distancesTimepoint: At induction
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. To determine vocal cord-carina distance and tracheal length in the adult Indian population. <br/ ><br>2. To determine the optimal depth of tracheal tube placement in adult Indian population. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: At induction