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AN OBSERVATIONAL PROSPECTIVE STUDY TO DETERMINE THE POTENTIAL OF THYROMENTAL HEIGHT TEST COMPARED TO OTHER METHODS IN PREDICTING DIFFICULT AIRWAY FOR OBESE PATIENTS POSTED FOR ELECTIVE SURGERY THAT REQUIRES INTUBATION

EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL OF THYROMENTAL HEIGHT TEST COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL METHODS FOR PREDICTING DIFFICULT AIRWAY IN OBESE PATIENTS POSTED FOR ELECTIVE SURGERY UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHESIA AN OBSERVATIONAL COMPARATIVE STUDY - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/12/078149
Enrollment
136
Registered
2024-12-16
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-02-03

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: THYROMENTAL HEIGHT TEST: IT MEASURES THE HEIGHT BETWEEN ANTERIOR BORDER OF MENTUM AND THYROID CARTILAGE Control Intervention1: MALLAMPATI SCORE: THE ASSESSMENT IS DONE WITH THE PATIENT

Sponsors

JENIN ARUL BENEDICT MICHAEL
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: PATIENT WHO REQUIRES GENERAL ANESTHESIA WITH ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE INTUBATION USING DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY PATIENTS WHO ARE CLASSIFIED WITH ASA GRAADE I OR II PATIENTS WHO ARE CLASSIFIED WITH BMI GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 25

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: PATIENT WITH NEUROMUSCULAR OR CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES WHO REQUIRE AWAKE INTUBATION PATIENTS WHO ARE UNWILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDY PATIENTS WITH BMI LESS THAN 25

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
IMPLEMENTING THE USE OF THYROMENTAL HEIGHT DISTANCE AS A PART OF PRE-ANAESTHETIC EVALUATION AND CONFIRMING THE UTILITY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE BY CORRELATING WITH DIFFICULT AIRWAY,CLASSIFIED WITH CL GRADE OF EQUAL OR MORE THAN 3 USING CONVENTIONAL DIFFICULT LARYNGOSCOPY.Timepoint: NA—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
COMPARING THE USE OF THYROMENTAL HEIGHT DISTANE WITH OTHER CONVENTIONAL TOOLS OF DIFFICULT AIRWAY LIKE NECK CIRCUMFERENCE, MODIFIED MALLAMPATI SCORE AND NECK CIRCUMFERENCE/TMHT RATIO, INTER INCISOR GAP TESTTimepoint: NA—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDR SUKRITI ATRAM

GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND SIR JJ HOSPITAL

sukritiatram@yahoo.co.in9004083034

Outcome results

None listed

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