Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Sponsors
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients having American Society Of Anesthesiologists physical classification I-II, scheduled for surgery under general anaesthesia requiring orotracheal intubation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Following patients will be excluded: -Obvious abnormality of the airway requiring awake tracheal intubation. -History of difficult intubation. -Neck swelling or contractures. -Restriction in mobility of mandible or neck. -Unstable cervical spine. -Interincisor distance less than 2.5 cm. -BMI more than 35 kgm-2. -Pregnant patients. -History of radiotherapy for head and neck pathology. -Need for rapid sequence intubation under cricoid pressure. -Refusal to participate.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate predictive value of Thyromental Height Test in predicting difficult laryngoscopy as graded by Cormack Lehane grade.Timepoint: At the time of Laryngoscopy. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate predictive value of Thyromental Height Test in predicting difficult intubation as graded by Intubation Difficulty Scale.Timepoint: At the time of endotracheal intubation | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Dharmender Ranga
Pt B D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak
Outcome results
None listed