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A study that observes to see if the distance between the chin and sternal notch can help predict difficulty in placing a breathing tube in patients undergoing general anesthesia

A prospective observational study to evaluate sternomental displacement as a predictor of difficult airway - nil

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/12/099505
Enrollment
206
Registered
2025-12-19
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-01-12

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: NIL: NIL Control Intervention1: Nil: Nil

Sponsors

Dr D Y Patil Medical College
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1 Only ASA 1 and ASA 2 patients 2 Patients undergoing general anaesthesia and endotracheal intubation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1 Morbidly obese patients 2 Pregnant Patients 3 Patients with cervical spine injury/fixation done in past

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To correlate sternomental displacement with cormack lehane grading of laryngoscopyTimepoint: at baseline and 3 minutes after after paralysis—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To evaluate the incidence of unanticipated difficult intubation To evaluate the correlation between Mallampatti classification , upper lip bite test, thyromental distance & inter incisor gap with cormack lehane gradingTimepoint: at 0 mins baseline & 3 minutes after paralysis—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Rochana Bakhshi

Dr D Y Patil Hospital

drrochana@yahoo.com9323272151

Outcome results

None listed

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