Modified Mallampati Scoring Technique for Airway Assessment

Intubation;Difficult Clinical Trial

— mod mallampati  

Official title:

Modified Mallampati Scoring Technique for Airway Assessment

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03443947
• Other study ID #: Dr Waleed 1
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 3, 2018
• Last updated: February 18, 2018
• Start date: March 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: February 2018
• Source: Mansoura University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

comparing a new technique for airway assessment using tongue depressor versus conventional mallampati scoring system. Using tongue depressor to improve airway score is suggested to increase reliability of airway assessment model

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 45 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• all patients scheduled for elective surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• known difficult airway trismus cases maxillofacial anomalies

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Intubation;Difficult

Intervention

Device:
• Tongue depressor group
using a tongue depressor to assess airway score without tongue protrusion

Procedure:
• control group
airway assessment after tongue protrusion

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Mansoura university	Al Mansurah	Dkahleya
Egypt	Gastroenterology center	Mansourah

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
AlRefaey Kandeel

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	assessment of airway difficulty	correlation between airway score and view during laryngoscopy	before intubation