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Measurement of neck length and neck circumference together and correlate the same with difficult airway in overweight and obese females.

Validation Of Neck length and Neck circumference together as predictors of difficult airway in overweight and obese females

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2021/01/030765
Enrollment
50
Registered
2021-01-27
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical Health Condition 2: O- Medical and Surgical Health Condition 3: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Control Intervention1: nil: nil

Sponsors

UCMS AND GTB HOSPITAL
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Consenting female patients, falling in the age group of 18-60 years, with BMI >=25 Kg/m2, scheduled for elective surgeries under general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: . Pregnant patients . Patients requiring rapid sequence intubation . Patients with visible swelling around the neck. . Mouth opening less than 1.5 cm. . Patients with cervical spine abnormalities. . Patients with cervical spine trauma

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To explore the correlation of neck length and neck circumference with intubation difficulty score (IDS).Timepoint: After complete intubation—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To correlate the IDS with the following parameters: 1.Modified Mallampati classification 2.Thyromental distance 3.Thyromental height 4.Ratio of neck circumference to thyromental distance. 5.Presence of neck humpTimepoint: After complete intubation—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Meghna Choudhary

UCMS AND GTB HOSPITAL

rudoc@rediffmail.com9560678023

Outcome results

None listed

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