Airway ultrasound as predictor of difficult direct laryngoscopy
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: 4- Measurement and Monitoring
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/05/052420
- Lead Sponsor
- Apollo KH hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
ASA physical status grade 1 to 3
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients refusal/ unable to give consent
2. Facial / cervical spine injuries
3. Pre- existing malformations/ pathology
4. Cervical tumours/ goitre
5. Patient with tracheostomy tube
6. Pregnancy patients
7. Psychiatric patients
8. Emergency intubation
9. Rapid sequence induction
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hyo-mental distance in neutral positionTimepoint: Millimetres
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anterior neck soft tissue at the level of vocal cordsTimepoint: Millimetres;Ratio of pre- epiglottic space to epiglottis to mid- vocal cords distanceTimepoint: Ratio