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COMPARISON BETWEEN PREOPERATIVE USG AIRWAY ASSESSMENT AND CORMACK LEHANE GRADING OF LARYNGOSCOPY AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY IN ADULT PATIENTS

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/11/059773
Lead Sponsor
Dr.Ashok kulasekar
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

ASA GRADE 1 AND 2.

AGE 18 TO 60 YEARS.

BOTH GENDER

ELECTIVE AND EMERGENCY SURGERIES UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHESIA

Exclusion Criteria

PATIENTS WHO REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDY

PATIENTS WITH ANY FEATURE OF DIFFICULT AIRWAY SUCH AS MAXILLOFACIAL ANOMALIES

RESTRICTED NECK MOVEMENTS,

PREGNANT WOMEN,

PATIENTS WITH AIRWAY PATHOLOGY, CERVICAL SPINE INJURY,

BMI >40

MOUTH OPENING <3

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To correlate ultrasound measurements of airway parameters such as <br/ ><br> 1.Volume of the tongue, <br/ ><br>2. Anterior soft tissue skin thickness at vocal cord and thyrohyoid level , <br/ ><br>3.Hyo mento distance ratio <br/ ><br>with Cormack lehane grading under direct laryngoscopyTimepoint: 4 weeks and 8 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of unanticipated difficult laryngoscopic view of Cormack lehane grading <br/ ><br>Timepoint: time points 3 weeks <br/ ><br>and 4 weeks
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