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COMPARISON BETWEEN PREOPERATIVE USG AIRWAY ASSESSMENT AND CORMACK LEHANE GRADING OF LARYNGOSCOPY AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY IN ADULT PATIENTS

CORRELATION BETWEEN PREOPERATIVE ULTRASONOGRAPHIC AIRWAY ASSESSMENT AND CORMACK LEHANE GRADING OF LARYNGOSCOPY AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY IN ADULT PATIENTS - Nil

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/11/059773
Enrollment
100
Registered
2023-11-14
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-12-19

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: observational study: nil Intervention2: Preoperative Usg airway assessment With Correlation of cormack lehane grading of laryngoscopy: Frequency is 5 to ten case study per month Durati

Sponsors

Dr.Ashok kulasekar
Lead Sponsor
ProfDrMERLIN Shalini Ruth
Collaborator

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ASA GRADE 1 AND 2. AGE 18 TO 60 YEARS. BOTH GENDER ELECTIVE AND EMERGENCY SURGERIES UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHESIA

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: PATIENTS WHO REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDY PATIENTS WITH ANY FEATURE OF DIFFICULT AIRWAY SUCH AS MAXILLOFACIAL ANOMALIES RESTRICTED NECK MOVEMENTS, PREGNANT WOMEN, PATIENTS WITH AIRWAY PATHOLOGY, CERVICAL SPINE INJURY, BMI >40 MOUTH OPENING

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To correlate ultrasound measurements of airway parameters such as 1.Volume of the tongue, 2. Anterior soft tissue skin thickness at vocal cord and thyrohyoid level , 3.Hyo mento distance ratio with Cormack lehane grading under direct laryngoscopyTimepoint: 4 weeks and 8 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence of unanticipated difficult laryngoscopic view of Cormack lehane grading Timepoint: time points 3 weeks and 4 weeks

Countries

India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya

Contacts

Public ContactDr S R Prakash

Chettinad medical college and research institute

merlin5shalini@gmail.com9790983957

Outcome results

None listed

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