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Prediction of Difficult Airway in Cesarean Section Using Preoperative Airway Assessment Tests

NCT07340346 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 546

Last updated 2026-01-14

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Summary

This observational study (OB-DIFF-AIRWAY: Obstetric Difficult Airway Study) aimed to evaluate the accuracy of commonly used preoperative airway assessment tests in predicting difficult airway management in obstetric patients undergoing cesarean section. Difficult airway remained a significant cause of anesthesia-related complications, particularly in pregnant patients due to physiological and anatomical changes.

Adult pregnant women scheduled for elective or urgent cesarean section underwent standard preoperative airway assessment, including Mallampati classification, thyromental distance, interincisor distance, neck circumference, and other routine clinical evaluations. Airway management during anesthesia was performed according to standard clinical practice. No additional intervention was applied for the purpose of the study.

The relationship between preoperative airway assessment findings and actual airway management difficulty was analyzed. The results of this study may help improve preoperative airway evaluation strategies and enhance patient safety in obstetric anesthesia.

Conditions

  • Difficult Airway
  • Airway Management
  • Obstetric Anesthesia

Interventions

OTHER

No intervention (observational study)

This is an observational study. No experimental intervention was assigned. All assessments and airway management procedures were performed as part of routine clinical practice.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Akdeniz University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • ALİ DEMİRTAŞ · Akdeniz University Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-08-23
Primary Completion
2024-08-23
Completion
2024-08-23

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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