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Airway assessment using a simple questionnaire in undiagnosed sleep disordered breathing patients undergoing surgery under general anaesthesia to predict risk of difficulty in airway and other complications.

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Health Condition 1: E669- Obesity, unspecified
Registration Number
CTRI/2021/02/031339
Lead Sponsor
Dr Nivetha B
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
250
Inclusion Criteria

Patients of ASA class 1, 2

Undergoing elective surgeries under general anaesthesia with endotracheal tube- includes general surgery, urology, gynecology, ENT, neurosurgry

Exclusion Criteria

pregnant women

diagnosed OSA

Facial abnormalities

History of respiratory diseases

History of sleep disordered breathing

Patients on CPAP therapy

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Airway parameters assessment <br/ ><br>Difficult mask ventilation <br/ ><br>Difficult laryngoscopy <br/ ><br>Difficult intubationTimepoint: Assessed 3 minutes after preoxygenation, during induction and intubation.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Hypoxic events <br/ ><br>hemodynamic changes monitoring Respiratory complicationsTimepoint: 5 minutes after intubation, <br/ ><br>5minutes after extubation
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