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A STUDY TO FIND OUT WHETHER ULTRASOUND GUIDED MEASUREMENT OF TONGIUE THICKNESS CAN HELP IDENTIFY PATIENTS WHO MAY HAVE DIFFICULT AIRWAY DURING GENERAL ANAESTHESIA.

CORRELATION OF ULTRASOUND GUIDED MEASUREMENT OF TONGUE THICKNESS FOR PREDICTION OF DIFFICULT AIRWAY IN ADULTS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE SURGERY-A ONE YEAR HOSPITAL BASED PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY. - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2026/02/102893
Enrollment
80
Registered
2026-02-03
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-02

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: J399- Disease of upper respiratory tract, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention1: Nil: Nil Intervention2: Nil: Nil Intervention3: Nil: Nil

Sponsors

KLE Prabhakar kore hospital and medical research centre
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ASA GRADE I AND II AGE 18-60 YEARS PATIENT UNDERGOING ELECTIVE SURGERY UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHESIA WITH ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: ASA Grade III or higher. Patients anticipated to have a difficult airway. Patients refusing or unable to give consent. Patients with facial burns. Patients with oral pathology.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Correlation between preoperative ultrasound measured tongue thickness and Cormack-Lehane laryngoscopy grade.Timepoint: Tongue thickness measured preoperatively on the day of surgery. Cormack-Lehane grading recorded during direct laryngoscopy after induction of anaesthesia.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NILTimepoint: NIL—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactYUVAN AKASH

Jawaharlal Nehru medical college belgaum

vandanagogate@gmail.com9844083030

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026