The Incidence of Difficult Intubation in Obese Versus Non-obese Patients

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03752593

Enrollment

200

Registered

2018-11-26

Start date

2016-11-08

Completion date

2018-11-08

Last updated

2019-10-22

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Conditions

Airway Obstruction

Brief summary

The aim of our study is to identify the incidence of difficult endotracheal intubation in patients with normal BMI undergoing surgery under general anaesthesia in our hospital and compare it to that of obese patients.

Interventions

OTHERET Tube

Patients with a BMI of greater than 30 or less than who are presenting to the hospital for any surgical procedure requiring general anesthesia

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Elective surgery * BMI\< 30 for Normal BMI group * BMI \> 30 for Obese group

Exclusion criteria

* Known previous difficult airway * Pediatric patients. * Emergency patients

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Assessment of difficulty in airway management	two years	Assessment of Cormack Lehanne grading (intubation difficulty scale) IDS.

Countries

Bahrain

Outcome results

None listed

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