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Comparing Ultrasound and clinical airway parameters to know difficult laryngoscopy and intubation in adult patients.

Sonographic assessment of airway parameters to predict difficult laryngoscopy and intubation – a comparison with clinical airway predictors in adult patients undergoing elective surgery:A Prospective, observational study - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/01/061875
Enrollment
130
Registered
2024-01-29
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-03-04

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

Conditions

Health Condition 1: K808- Other cholelithiasis

Interventions

Intervention1: Pre-operative clinical Airway assessment : Mouth opening, Neck movements, Mallampatti grade, thyromental distance, mentohyoid distance, jaw protrusion and Neck circumference at the leve

Sponsors

Esic medical college and hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1)patients of either gender 2)Aged 18 to 60 years 3)American society of anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I and II

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1)patient refusal 2)American society of anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status III AND IV 3)Any notable swelling in the mouth, head and neck, 4)Facial and cervical spine fractures 5)Emergency intubations

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To evaluate the effectiveness of sonography-based airway assessment parameters as predictors of difficult laryngoscopy and intubation compared with using Cormack–Lehane (CL) grade and intubation difficulty scale respectivelyTimepoint: 24 hour

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1.Simultaneous evaluation of predictive ability of clinical airway predictors 2.Comparison of efficacy of clinical and sonographic airway parameters as tools of predicting difficult airway 3.Possible development of a model for prediction of difficult airway Timepoint: six months

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr R Gopinath

ESIC medical college and hospital,sanath nagar

gopi59@hotmail.com9848024306

Outcome results

None listed

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