Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: ACROMIO AXILLO SUPRASTERNAL NOTCH INDEX (AASNI): With the patients lying in a supine position and their upper extremities resting at the sides of the body, AASNI was calculated based on
Sponsors
GMERS Hospital
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation with direct laryngoscopy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Unwilling patient 2)Patients with prior facial, cervical and pharyngeal and epiglottis surgery or trauma history 3)Patients history of difficult intubation 4)Edentulous patients 5)Patient with a mouth opening of less than 3cms 6)Patients with head and neck pathologies 7)Patients with tracheostomy tube in situ 8)Pregnancy 9)BMI more than 30 kg/m2
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| comparison of acromio axillo suprasternal notch index(AASNI) vs Ultrasound guided epiglottis to vocal cord(EVC) distance for predicting difficult visualization of larynx by cormack lehane gradingTimepoint: Acrmio axillo suprasternal notch index(AAASNI) and Ultrasound guided epiglottis to vocal cord(EVC) distance will be measured 30 min prior to surgery and cormack lehane grading will be seen during intubation intraoperatively | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| predicting the cormack lehane grading by above methods & prepare for difficult intubationTimepoint: measurement of AASNI & EVC distance in preoperative room 30 min before surgery & prepare for difficult intubation according to results | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactKALATHIYA RIDHAM JIVRAJBHAI
GMERS Medical college and Hospital, Gotri , Vadodara
Outcome results
None listed