Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age 18 to 65, ASA grade one, two and three, elective surgeries under general anesthesia
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patient who denies consent Known or obvious facial and/or neck anomalies History of head and neck surgery, trauma or radiation Limited mouth opening less than 2.5cm Patients with cervical spine abnormalities or requiring rapid sequence induction known morbid obesity, BMI greater than 35kg per meter square uncooperative and pregnant patient
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess the diagnostic performance of HMDR with Youden index is assessing difficult airway using Cormack lehane classificationTimepoint: Preoperatively during assessment During direct laryngoscopy after induction of anesthesia during surgery During and immediately after tracheal intubation | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| sensitivity,specificity,positive predective value & ROC curve of HMDR for predicting difficult airwayTimepoint: Immediately post intubation Calculated at the end of airway management procedure | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Chettinad hospital and research institute