Health Condition 1: M450- Ankylosing spondylitis of multiplesites in spine
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: nil: nil intervention planned. Purely observational.
Control Intervention1: Nil: Nil comparison planned.
Sponsors
Abin Iype
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients presenting at any age, with more than 3-month history of back pain, and a documented positive testing for human leucocyte antigen B27, posted for elective surgery requiring general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Acute or chronic mechanical non-specific back pain and inflammatory back pain without Spondylarthritis, including disc disease and discogenic pain syndrome, facet syndrome, radiculopathy, acute bony injuries, spondylolisthesis, spondylosis, SI joint injuries and lumbar canal stenosis, fibromyalgia, vertebral compression, or insufficiency related fractures. Other factors causing anticipated difficult airway, such as obvious airway malformations, oral masses, unstable cervical spine, and others requiring emergent surgeries.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| incidence of situations of unanticipated difficult airway among cases of ankylosing spondylitis.Timepoint: In the theatre, on the day of planned elective surgery, during the induction of general anesthesia and subsequent intubation. No follow-up required. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NilTimepoint: nil | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Sajan Philip George
Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore
Outcome results
None listed