Modified Mallampati Scoring Technique for Airway Assessment (mod mallampati)

AlRefaey Kandeel

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Intubation;Difficult

Treatments: Procedure: control group; Device: Tongue depressor group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03443947

Dr Waleed 1

Details and patient eligibility

About

comparing a new technique for airway assessment using tongue depressor versus conventional mallampati scoring system. Using tongue depressor to improve airway score is suggested to increase reliability of airway assessment model

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all patients scheduled for elective surgery

Exclusion criteria

• known difficult airway trismus cases maxillofacial anomalies

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

D group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Tongue depressor group

Procedure: control group