Airway Ultrasound As an Independent Predictor of Difficult Laryngoscopy in Patients Receiving General Anesthesia for Elective Surgery

DIMITRIOS KATSAROS

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Airway Ultrasound

Treatments: Other: Airway ultrasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06391840

GGennimatasGH 18418

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to determine the usefulness of pre-operative airway ultrasound in predicting difficult laryngoscopy in patients receiving general anesthesia for elective surgery. The main question it aims to answer is the independent prognostic value of pre-operative airway ultrasound.

Enrollment: 1,200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• listed for elective surgery
• airway assessment is possible prior to anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• refusal to be enrolled in study
• airway assessment is not possible prior to anesthesia

Trial design

1,200 participants in 1 patient group

Patients listed for elective surgery

Treatment:

Other: Airway ultrasound