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Skin to epiglottis distance by ultrasound in prediction difficult airway

The significance of ultrasonographic skin to epiglottis distance As a predictive measure for difficult laryngoscopy in clinical Practice a prospective observational study - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/05/067123
Enrollment
299
Registered
2024-05-09
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-09-16

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: NIL: NIL Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL

Sponsors

Dr Ganeshamoorthy B
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Requiring elective surgery under general Anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Expected difficult laryngoscopy Indications to Awake fiberoptic intubation Facial abnormality/ Swelling / previous wound / Dressing /oral-maxillofacial surgeries Parturient Need for Rapid sequence induction Emergency surgeries Patient refusal Inability to give consent to the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To assess the predictive validity of skin to epiglottis distance in predicting difficult laryngoscopy among adults during general anesthesiaTimepoint: Baseline—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NILTimepoint: NIL—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Soma Ganesh Raja

sri ramachandra institute of higher education and research

drsoms@gmail.com9894162665

Outcome results

None listed

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