Study of Interest on Cervical Ultrasound Exploration for Association With Difficult Intubation

Human Study of Interest on Cervical Ultrasound Exploration for Association With Criteria of Difficult Intubation in General Surgery

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02362568

Acronym

TUBECHO

Enrollment

462

Registered

2015-02-13

Start date

2013-10-31

Completion date

2015-04-30

Last updated

2016-08-31

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Conditions

Intubation; Difficult

Keywords

Intubation; Difficult

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if cervical ultrasound exploration can predict difficult intubation better than main validated clinical criteria.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to determine if cervical ultrasound exploration can predict difficult intubation better than main validated clinical criteria in general surgery.

Interventions

PROCEDUREUltrasound cervical exploration

The cervical ultrasound exploration will consist in the ultrasound measurement of the length between the hyoid bone and the skin and the length between the thyroid cartilage and the skin. The ultrasound cervical exploration will be performed in all patients admitted in the postoperative room after a planned surgery performed under general anesthesia.

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Age over 18 * patient consent

Exclusion criteria

* patient nonconsent * age under 18 * cervical surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Sensibility, Specificity, predictive positive and negative values of US cervical measures relationship between the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage with difficult intubation	Day 1	The measure of the length between the hyoid bone and the skin and between the thyroid cartilage and the skin will be measured using an ultrasound cervical exploration in all patients admitted in the postoperative room after planned surgery performed under general anesthesia.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Sensibility, specificity and predictive positive and negative values of validated clinical criteria for difficult intubation	Day 1	The collect of usual clinical criteria of difficult intubation in postoperative room of patients who undergo a general anesthesia for a surgery
Mortality and morbidity of difficult intubation	Day 1	Collect any complications (hypoxia, hypotension, tooth breakage) assigned to a difficult intubation during general anesthesia for surgery.

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026