Health Condition 1: E118- Type 2 diabetes mellitus with unspecified complications
Conditions
Interventions
Control Intervention1: Nil: Nil
Sponsors
Heath and Family Welfare DepartmentGovernment of Gujarat
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients willing to give consent for study, ASA category 1-4
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: patient refusal, edentulous patient, mouth opening <2.5cm, past history of difficult laryngoscopy and intubation, tracheostomized patient, anatomical variation of face, jaw, tongue, palate, faciomaxillary injuries, burn contractures of face and neck region, cervical spine injuries, kyphoscoliosis, tumours/growths of tongue, epiglottis, pharynx, larynx, neck, morbid obese patient, patients with congenital deformity/injury/amputee of hands, ASA grade 5,6.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| to compare sensitivity and specificity of the palm print test with commonly used other airway indices in prediction of difficult laryngoscopy and intubation, by Cormack and Lehane grading, in diabetics and non diabetics patients.Timepoint: from baseline to 5 mins(till intubation completed) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| to evaluate the association between the duration of diabetes mellitus & difficult laryngoscopy.Timepoint: baseline, 5 mins | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Smita R Engineer
B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad
Outcome results
None listed