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The purpose of this study is to identify differences in craniofacial morphology and tongue size between patients who have a history of difficult airway management and a control group of patients who had an uneventful airway management during induction of general anesthesia. In this study the investigators want to validate the hypothesis that there are craniofacial phenotypic differences between patients who have a history of difficult airway management and a control group of patients who have had an uneventful airway management during the induction of general anesthesia.


Clinical Trial Description

Difficult airway management is one of the most challenging tasks for anesthesiologists. Recent data from the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Management Closed Claims Project [1] show that the percentage of claims resulting from adverse respiratory events, though on the decline (42% in the 1980s to 32% in the 1990s), continue to constitute a large source of morbidity and mortality in anesthetized patients. In 2005, a closed claims analysis of trends in anesthesia-related death and brain damage between 1975 and 2000 showed that out of all respiratory events (n=503) responsible for death and brain damage, difficult endotracheal intubation (n=115), inadequate oxygenation (n=111) and inadvertent esophageal intubation (n=66) were the top three causes [2]. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT01630694
Study type Interventional
Source University of Rochester
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Status Terminated
Phase N/A
Start date July 2010
Completion date October 2012

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