Health Condition 1: Z00-Z99- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Sponsors
GSMC KEMH
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1)Age:18-65 years 2)Patients of both genders 3)Body mass index 4)Patients undergoing all kind of elective surgeries under general anaesthesia requiring endotracheal intubation 5) American Society of Anaesthesiologists grade I and II
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1)Patients not willing to participate in study. 2)Patients with insitu endotracheal tube. 3)Pregnant women 4)Patients requiring rapid sequence intubation. 5)Patients with restricted mouth opening of less than 2 centimetres or thyromental joint immobility in whom laryngoscope cannot be inserted and hence Cormack-Lehane grading not possible. 6)Patients with swelling, scars, contractures in front of neck. 7)Patients with cervical spine pathology, in whom neck extension is difficult.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To compare the validity to predict difficulty in endotracheal intubation with a combination of Mallampati test with thyromental distance and sternomental distance and Mallampati test with ultrasound guided tongue thickness.Timepoint: day prior to surgery | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Duration of laryngoscopy (in seconds) Duration of intubation (in seconds) Details of manoeuvres or use of advanced equipments during difficult intubation. Timepoint: On day of surgery | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr ARYADEVI A S
GSMC KEMH
Outcome results
None listed