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Difficulties and complicaions of placing breathing pipe into throat in seriously ill patients: A multiple hospital observational study.

THE PHYSIOLOGICALLY DIFFICULT AIRWAY IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS: A MULTICENTER OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2026/03/106739
Enrollment
600
Registered
2026-03-23
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-30

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

Conditions

Health Condition 1: T889- Complication of surgical and medical care, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention1: Nil: Nil Intervention2: Nil: Nil Intervention3: Nil: Nil Intervention4: Nil: Nil

Sponsors

Dr Natesh Prabu R
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All adult critically ill patients requiring orotracheal intubation in ICU

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Out of ICU tracheal intubation 2. Intubation following cardiac arrest 3. Awake intubation 4. Known difficult airway with altered facial anatomy 5. Pregnancy and lactating females 6. Reintubations during the same ICU admission

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To estimate the prevalence of physiologically difficult airway in the intensive care unit. To predict physiological determinants associated with physiologically difficult airway To predict physiological determinants associated with peri-intubation adverse eventsTimepoint: at time zero, immediate—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To estimate the prevalence of an anatomical difficult airway and the combined prevalence of an anatomical and physiological difficult airway. To evaluate the utility of difficult airway physiology score (DAPS) in ICU. To evaluate the practice pattern of using medications, adjuvants and techniques of intubation in intensive care unitTimepoint: At same time—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Natesh Prabu R

St Johns Medical College Hospital

drnateshrprabu@gmail.com9969523803

Outcome results

None listed

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