Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: Z768- Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Department of Anaesthesiology
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: three hundred nine patients of ASA physical status I and III, aged 18-60 years, scheduled for surgery requiring general anaesthesia and orotracheal intubation will be included in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with difficult airway because of upper airway pathology, anatomical deformity of face and neck, extremes of height (less than 150cm/greater than 180 cm), restricted neck movements, edentulous, uncooperative patients, obese with BMI>= 35 kg/m2, pregnant females and those undergoing emergency surgery will not be included in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mallampati grading in sitting and supine positions, correlation of Mallampati grading in sitting and supine positions with difficult bag mask ventilation and difficult endotracheal Intubation. Timepoint: MPGsitting and other airway examination in premedication room, MPGsupine in operation theater before induction, ease of bag-mask ventilation and ease of intubation after induction | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| correlation of other airway assessment methods with difficult laryngoscopy and endotracheal Intubation.Timepoint: other airway assessment will be done in the premedication room on the day of surgery, and difficult intubation will be assessed after induction in the operative room | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Mamta jain
Pt BDS university of health sciences, Rohtak, India
Outcome results
None listed