Ultrasound neck for predicting difficult mask ventilation and difficult laryngoscopy

Prediction of difficult mask ventilation and difficult laryngoscopy by pre-operative ultrasound-based measurement of airway parameters

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Observational

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2022/04/042324

Enrollment

114

Registered

2022-04-29

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-06-26

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adult patients between 18-65 years undergoing elective surgeries under general anesthesia with muscle relaxation and endotracheal intubation in various surgical specialties

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Respiratory distress in the preoperative period 2. Patients with known facial, cervical, pharyngeal and epiglottic cancer 3. Patients with head and neck trauma 4. Patients who have undergone previous thyroid surgery or tracheostomy 5. Pregnant patients

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Ultrasound based airway parameters- 1.Distance from skin to hyoid bone 2.Distance from skin to thyroid isthmus 3.Thickness of base of the tongue Conventional clinical assessment- 1.Modified Mallampati grading 2.Upper lip bite test Body mass index and other demographic variables like age, gender Cormack-Lehane grading Han scale grading Timepoint: Baseline	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
NilTimepoint: Nil	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr S R A N Bhushanam Padala

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal

padala72@gmail.com7893562302

Outcome results