Health Condition 1: 4- Measurement and Monitoring
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients who give valid informed consent 2.Patients belonging to ASA grade I and II 3.Patients of either sex, between the age group 18 to 80 years 4.Patients undergoing elective surgeries under General anaesthesia with endotracheal tube placement.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.History of prior difficult bag and mask ventilation or difficult intubation 2.Anticipated difficult airway or difficult intubation during pre anaesthetic examination with Mallampati grades III and above 3.History of prior oroâ??nasal or neck injuries, burns or scars 4.Active oral, pharyngeal or tracheal infection or inflammatory changes. 5.Lung parenchymal and pleural diseases, Examples: Asthma, COPD, Bronchiestasis, Reactive lung diseases, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, Pleural effusion, Pneumothorax lung or Pleural malignancy 6.Full stomach or patients at risk of aspiration, e.g. Pregnancy 7.Patients with known oesophageal pathology, e.g. Oesophageal stricture, Carcinoma, Tracheoesophaeal fistula
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Total time taken to complete Upper airway USG and End tidal CapnographyTimepoint: Duration of procedure- 5 minutes | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| -Confirmation of ETT position using Upper airway USG and End tidal Capnography -Compare the Accuracy of Ultrasound Technique for Confirmation of Endotracheal Intubation with End tidal Capnography -Strength of agreement between Upper airway USG and End tidal CapnographyTimepoint: Outcome assessed within 15 minutes | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital and Research centre