Anatomical and Ultrasonographic Parameters to Predict Difficult Airway in Pediatrics

Istanbul University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Difficult Airway

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Ultrasonographic upper airway measurements

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05336474

2020/132

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was designed to assess the accuracy of ultrasonographic parameters in combination to clinical parameters in the prediction of difficult airway in pediatric population.

All patients underwent a standard airway examination and sonographic airway assessment preoperatively and the predictive values for difficult airway of these methods were recorded.

Full description

Difficult airway in a pediatric patient is associated with more stresful situation than adults. Therefore, various clinical airways parameters have been investigated in the prediction of difficult airway. Sonographic evaluation to predict difficult airway is still primitive especially in pediatrics.

Ultrasonography and clinical parameters have been shown to be used in predicting difficult airway, but there is no study showing which is a better predictor.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children, aged between 1-12 years
• Children who required endotracheal intubation under general anesthesia for elective procedures
• written informed parental consent

Exclusion criteria

• children over the age of 12
• restrictive neck movement
• tracheostomized patient
• previous laryngeal surgery leading deformation of the laryngeal anatomy