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Assessing airway difficulty with ultrasound guidance

Assessment of Ultrasound Guided Distance from Skin to Epiglottis as A Predictor of Difficult Laryngoscopy - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/05/086739
Enrollment
70
Registered
2025-05-13
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-05-26

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: 8- Other Procedures

Interventions

Intervention1: Nil: Nil

Sponsors

Deepak Dwivedi
Lead Sponsor
Vishal Saxena
Collaborator

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Adult patients aged 18 years and above 2.Patients undergoing elective surgery requiring general anesthesia with orotracheal intubation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (a)Maxillofacial deformities or fractures (b)Limited Mouth opening (c)History of Head & Neck surgery or Radiation to neck. (d)Severe Oro-pharyngeal Pathology (e)History of prior difficult intubation. (f)Patient Refusal or Inability to provide Consent

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To determine the accuracy of ultrasound measured Distance from Skin to Epiglottis (DSE) in Predicting difficult laryngoscopyTimepoint: on the day of study ,day 0—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
a)Number of Intubation attempts, b)First pass success c)Use of any airway adjuncts d)External laryngeal manipulation. Timepoint: at the same time of study day 0—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDeepak Dwivedi

Army Hospital Research and Referral

deepakdwivedi739@gmail.com8195915566

Outcome results

None listed

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