Ultrasonography in Predicting Difficult Intubation in Obese Emergency Surgical Patients

Minia University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Preoperative Ultrasound Assessment of the Upper Airway Can Predict Difficult Laryngscopy in Obese at Emergency Operations

Treatments: Device: ultrasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05109221

99_2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

Validity of ultrasonography in predicting difficult laryngoscopy and confirming endotracheal intubation in obese emergency surgical patients

Full description

The aim of the study is to determine whether preoperative ultrasound assessment of of the upper airway can predict difficult laryngscopy in emergency surgical obese patients , by analysis correlations between ultrasound measurements of anterior cervical soft in the upper airway, and the Cormack-Lehane grade. And evaluate its role in confirming the endotracheal placement The secondary objective was to determine whether clinical screening tests are independent predictors of difficult airway.

Enrollment: 1 estimated patient

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult obese patients (BMI>35) of both sex aged from 18 to 60 years undergoing urgent surgeries under general anasthesia with tracheal intubation.

Exclusion criteria

• . Patients with removable upper dentures, upper airway pathology, cervical spine fractures, full stomach, maxillofacial trauma or unstable patients and pregnant women will be excluded from the study

Trial design