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An Observational Study To Predict Difficult Airway Using Ultrasonography

An Observational Study On The Utility Of Point-Of-Care Ultrasound In Predicting Difficult Airway By Measuring Skin To Epiglottis Distance And Its Association With Cormack-Lehane Grading - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/12/077540
Enrollment
249
Registered
2024-12-02
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-12-09

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Measurement of skin to epiglottis distance: Bedside USG using Samsung MySono U6 machine with a 5-12 MHz probe at level of thyrohyoid membrane

Sponsors

ESIPGIMSR ESIC Medical College Joka
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Non pregnant 2. Elective cases undergoing general anaesthesia and requiring endotracheal intubation 3. All ASA categories 4. Patients with written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients refusal to give consent 2. History of head and neck surgeries or trauma or stiffness 3. Patients requiring rapid sequence intubation 4. Maxillo-facial anomalies 5. Inter-incisor gap less than 3 cm 6. Patients taken for awake fibreoptic intubation

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To establish a non-invasive, sensitive tool for prediction of difficult airway and to find relationship between skin to epiglottis distance and Cormack-Lehane gradingTimepoint: Twelve months—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To see whether any relationship between skin to epiglottis distance and number of attempts at intubation existsTimepoint: Twelve months;To assess time taken for intubationTimepoint: Twelve months;To assess any complication arising out of direct laryngoscopy or during course of the studyTimepoint: Twelve months—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactManas Ranjan Panigrahi

ESI-PGIMSR, ESIC Medical College, Joka

dr.manas.panigrahi@esic.nic.in7008804278

Outcome results

None listed

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