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Use of USG in Difficult Airway in Obese

NCT05896098 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 2

Last updated 2023-06-23

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Summary

Introduction and Purpose: Obesity is an increasing public health problem all over the world. Obesity is a proinflammatory multisystemic disease defined as hypertrophy and/or hyperplasia of adipose tissue. Obesity is frequently encountered in elective and emergency surgical procedures and causes more difficulties in airway management. Difficult airway, characterized by difficult mask ventilation and difficult intubation, is especially common in obese and morbidly obese patients. Some studies show that the measurement of anterior neck soft tissue thickness at the level of the vocal cords plays an important role in estimating difficult laryngoscopy in obese patients. Difficult intubation is envisaged in patients with pretracheal soft tissue thickness of 28 mm and neck circumference of more than 50 cm at the level of the vocal cord.

In this prospective observational study, it is aimed to measure the preoperative anterior cervical soft tissue thickness with 3 parameters by USG in obese patients undergoing elective surgery, and to evaluate the relationship of these values with the Han Scale and Cormack-Lehane classification and their effectiveness as an indicator of difficult airway.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Ultrasound

Measurement of the airway by ultrasound in obese patients.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Balikesir University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nazan Kocaoglu · Balikesir University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-01
Primary Completion
2022-03-30
Completion
2022-08-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

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