Ultrasound in Airway Assessment of Morbidly Obese Patients

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02766504

Acronym

AiUs

Enrollment

100

Registered

2016-05-09

Start date

2015-10-31

Completion date

2016-06-30

Last updated

2016-05-09

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Conditions

General Anesthesia of Morbid Obese Patients

Brief summary

the study aims to evaluate the role of airway ultrasound as a new evolving modality in assessment and management of airway in surgical patients

Interventions

DEVICEairway ultrasound

airway assessment using ultrasound

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* all surgical list patients planned for general anesthesia from october 2015 to may 2016

Exclusion criteria

* Patient refusal

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
prediction of difficult intubation in morbid obese patients	during endotracheal tube insertion	prediction of difficult intubation in morbid obese versus traditional airway scores; Mallampati score.

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

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