Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Ultrasound guided subglottic diameter.: Ultrasound guided subglottic diameter will be used to determine the approximate racheal diameter to decide the appropriate Endotracheal tube size
Sponsors
Department of Anaesthesiology Bangalore Medical College Bengaluru
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1)Patients willing to give informed written consent 2) ASA physical status I and II patients 3) Patients of age group 6 -18 years, of either sex 4) Patients undergoing elective surgery with endotracheal intubation under general anaesthesia
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1)Patient refusal. 2)Emergency surgery. 3)The patients suffering from any respiratory diseases causing airway narrowing, 4)Preexiting laryngeal or tracheal pathology, any lesion that couldcause airway deformity due to fibrosis. 5)Anticipated difficult airway
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| APPROPRIATE ET TUBE SIZE AVOID MULTIPLE INTUBATIONTimepoint: APPROPRIATE ET TUBE SIZE AT THE TIME OF INTUBATION, TO AVOID MULTIPLE INTUBATION | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Avoid airway trauma, good post operative recoveryTimepoint: Avoid airway trauma, good post operative recovery. Assessed at the time of intubation, intraoperative period and at the time of extubation. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Bharathi B M
BMC RI
Outcome results
None listed