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A Study to know the difficulty in providing breathing support at the time of giving general anaesthesia.

Predicting difficult Endotracheal intubation by comparing Mallampatti classification in sitting and supine position

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2019/03/018077
Enrollment
200
Registered
2019-03-13
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: Not applicable: Not applicable Control Intervention1: Not applicable: Not applicable

Sponsors

Sri Ramakrishna Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1)ASA 1 and 2 patients 2)Elective GA patients 3)Patients who give consent for the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1)All emergency GA patients 2)ASA equal or more than 3 3)Patients who are pregnant 4)Patients who are obese 5)Patients with mandibular fractures 6)Patients with cervical spine injury 7)Patients with burns strictures involving head and neck region 8)Patients with oromandibular developmental abnormalities

Design outcomes

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To determine whether supine position is superior or inferior to sitting position in predicting difficult intubationTimepoint: 6 months

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Correlation of cormack lehane grading seen during direct laryngoscopyTimepoint: 6 months

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Santhya S

Sri Ramakrishna Hospital

prabhadr01@gmail.com9791346959

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026