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Measurement of thickness of skin and underlying fat in the front of the neck using ultrasound and correlation with neck circumference to know whether there can be any difficulty in inserting an endotracheal tube or not

Evaluation of anterior neck soft tissue thickness using ultrasonography and correlation with neck circumference for prediction of difficult airway

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/04/051608
Enrollment
43
Registered
2023-04-13
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-06-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients belonging to American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I to III scheduled for elective surgical procedure under general anaesthesia requiring tracheal intubation.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with cervical spine pathology, facial and tongue anomalies or any other airway anomaly, restricted mouth opening ( <2.5cm), those who were previously tracheostomised, pregnant women, edentulous and who refuse to participate in the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Predicting difficult laryngoscopy and intubation.Timepoint: Assessment of clinical parameters, USG parameters before induction of anaesthesia at baseline. At the time of bag and mask ventilation, laryngoscopy and intubation.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To find correlation between ultrasound guided parameters and clinical parametersTimepoint: During statistical calculation.

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Jessica Sinhmar

Pt B D Sharma PGIMS Rohtak

29jsjessica@gmail.com9560855333

Outcome results

None listed

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