To see airway using ultrasound in obese patient and plan for better airway management.
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: U07-U07- Provisional assignment of new diseases of uncertain etiology or emergency use
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/12/048185
- Lead Sponsor
- SDMCMSH, MANJUSHREE NAGAR, SATTUR, DHARWAD
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients undergoing elective surgery under general anesthesia requiring endotracheal intubation.
ASA I,II,III cases
Obese or over weight (BMI >25kg/m²)
Exclusion Criteria
Patients not willing to participate in the study.
Patients with any upper airway deformities, tumors, mandibular deformities.
Restricted mouth-opening
Patients who required supraglottic airway devices or nasal intubation.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method sing ultrasonography to assess airway to predict difficult laryngoscopy in obese.Timepoint: 12 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Try to incorporated ultrasound in elective cases to assess airway difficulty in order to reduce airway trauma and plan management better.Timepoint: 12months