Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Nil: Nil
Sponsors
NIL
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I to III Patients undergoing elective surgeries under General Anaesthesia requiring endotracheal intubation
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients not willing to participate in the study 2. Patients with facial trauma or maxillofacial anomalies 3. Patients with restricted neck movements and cervical spine pathologies 4. Patients with limited mouth opening or requiring nasal intubation 5. Tracheostomized patients 6. Pregnant patients 7. Patients requiring rapid sequence intubation 8. Patients scheduled for awake fiberoptic guided nasotracheal intubation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Development of POCUS-based scoring system - including clinical and ultrasound parametersTimepoint: At baseline - in the immediate postoperative period | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Diagnostic performance of individual clinical predictors (Modified Mallampati score, upper lip bite test, thyromental distance) in identifying difficult airway. 2. Diagnostic performance of individual POCUS parameters (hyomental distance ratio, skin to epiglottis distance, tongue thickness, ratio of pre-epiglottic space to epiglottis distance at vocal cords) in identifying difficult airway. 3. Comparison of predictive value between: Clinical assessment alone, POCUS parameters alone, & Combined clinical + POCUS scoring system. 4. Determination of optimal cut-off values for POCUS parameters via ROC curve analysis for predicting difficult airway.Timepoint: At baseline - in the immediate postoperative period | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactPavithra B
Outcome results
None listed