Airway Ultrasound Indices for Prediction of Difficult Laryngoscopy in Pediatric Patients

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Airway ultrasound indices: Tongue thickness, hyomental distance in neutral position (HMDRn), hyomental distance in extended position (HMDRe), ratio of hyomental distance in both positions (HMDR), thyromental distance (TMD), ratio of tongue thickness to thyromental distance (TT/TMD), epiglottis thickness \&pre-epiglottic space thickness

Clinical airway assessment: Mallampati grading and thyromental distance (TMD). The glottic structures displayed during laryngoscopy will be classified according to the Cormack-Lehane

Study summary

The goal of this observational study is to compare the airway ultrasound indices and the preoperative clinical airway assessment concerning the difficult laryngoscopic view in paediatric patients undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthesia

The main question it aims to answer is:

• Do airway ultrasound indices better predict difficult laryngoscopic view in paediatric patients than clinical airway assessment?

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Prevalence rate of difficult intubation — 60 Seconds
  failure to intubate the patient within 60 seconds

Trial sites (1)

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