Health Condition 1: J399- Disease of upper respiratory tract, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: nil: nil
Control Intervention1: nil: nil
Sponsors
Dr Anil Agarwal
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients in the specified age group undergoing elective surgery
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Lack of parents’ consent Child not co-operative Patients with head or neck anomalies Syndromic patients Patients undergoing emergency surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To determine the utility of ultrasonographic measurements of tongue width, tongue thickness, tonsil size, hyo-mental distance and thyrohyoid distance of pediatric patients in predicting difficult intubationTimepoint: Night before surgery | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To determine the predictive value of these ultrasonographic measurements in determination of optimal endotracheal tube size.Timepoint: At the time of induction of surgery;2. To examine the association between these ultrasonographic measurements and airway clinical screening tests (interincisor gap, Mallampati grade and thyromental distance)Timepoint: Night before surgery | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Shruti Pandey
Sanjay gandhi post graduate institute of medical sciences
Outcome results
None listed