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To identify difficult airway in patients undergoing general anaesthesia by assesing same physical parameter with ultrasound guided parameter

Diagnostic Accuracy Of Distance From Skin To Epiglottis In Predicting Difficult Airway Using Ultrasonographic Airway Assessment - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/06/089099
Enrollment
100
Registered
2025-06-18
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-06-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: J958- Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified

Interventions

Intervention1: Ultrasound measurement of skin to epiglottis in patients undergoing general anaesthesia: To preoperatively assess the Ultrasound measurement of skin to epiglottis in patients undergoing

Sponsors

Chettinad hospital and research insitute
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age: 18-65 years ASA grade -1,2,3,4 Patients undergoing surgery under general anaesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who denies consent Patients with prominent features of the difficult airway with facial abnormalities Morbid obesity (body mass index, BMI more than 35 kg/m2) Restricted mouth opening Cervical spine anomalies Uncooperative and pregnant patients

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To compute the diagnostic accuracy of distance from skin to epiglottis through Ultrasound assessment in predicting difficult airwayTimepoint: 30 minutes—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To assess the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of the whole studyTimepoint: 6 months—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDrVijay Narayan

Chettinad hospital and research institute

vijaynarayanans@care.edu.in7904535573

Outcome results

None listed

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