Health Condition 1: O00-O9A- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Sponsors
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant Patients aged from 18 to 50 years 2. Gestational Age >36 weeks 3. ASA II and above 4. Mentally Competent to give consent 5. Scheduled for caesarean section under general endotracheal anaesthesia.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients not willing to participate 2. Patients with Face/throat/oral cavity/maxillofacial abnormalities. 3. Cervical spine injury / pathology which may restrict conventional laryngoscopy 4. Head neck tumours 5. Patient not cooperative for USG assessment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary Objective: 1.Find the usefulness of ultrasound measurement of anterior neck soft tissue (hyo-mental distance and skin to epiglottic distance) in predicting difficult laryngoscopy in pregnant patients 2.Find the usefulness of ultrasound measurement of tongue thickness in predicting difficult laryngoscopy in pregnant patientsTimepoint: 10 minutes before induction of General Anesthesia | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary Objective: To determine the association between sonographic measurements and difficult airway clinical screening tests (modified Mallampati score, thyromental distance, and inter- incisor gap)Timepoint: 10 minutes before induction of general anaesthesia | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDR MANISH KOTWANI
Lokamanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion Mumbai.
Outcome results
None listed