The study involves which method better identify the difficulty in laryngoscopy during general anaesthesia, whether ultrasound guided measurements of anterior neck or clinically examined method of modified mallampati score.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: V00-Y99- External causes of morbidity
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/08/035636
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr C Rajalakshmy arthi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients posted for elective surgeries under general anaesthesia.
Exclusion Criteria
Emergency surgeries, pregnant women, cervical instability, edentulous patients, the interincisor gap less than 3 cm, patients with altered level of consciousness, patients with head and neck pathologies.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method lrasound measurement of anterior neck soft tissue have greater sensitivity and specificity than modified mallampatti score in predicting difficult laryngoscopyTimepoint: 1 WEEK
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ltrasound measurements of anterior neck soft tissue can alone detect difficult laryngoscopyTimepoint: 1 WEEK