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Study to validate the formulae generated from an earlier study to predict the airway distances relevant in childre

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Health Condition 1: null- Children coming for surgery under general anaesthesia
Registration Number
CTRI/2018/03/012592
Lead Sponsor
PGIMER Chandigarh
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
202
Inclusion Criteria

Children scheduled for elective surgery under general anaesthesia in age group of 3 to 15 years were enrolled. We thus conducted our study in normal paediatric population without obvious anomalies of face, neck and airway to validate the formulae.

Exclusion Criteria

1) Patients requiring emergency surgical procedures

2)Children with obvious anomalies of airway, neck swelling, facial anomalies, restricted

mouth opening and cleft lip

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Agreement of age based predicted mentohyoid distance and actual measured mentohyoid distance.Timepoint: Pre-op
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Agreement of age-based predicted thyromental distance and actual measure thyromental distanceTimepoint: Pre-op;Agreement of height based predicted thyromental distance and actual measured thyromental distanceTimepoint: Pre-op;Agreement of height-based predicted mentohoid distance and actual measured mentohyoid distanceTimepoint: Pre-op
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