Ultrasound in Airway Assessment of Morbidly Obese Patients

General Anesthesia of Morbid Obese Patients Clinical Trial

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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02766504
• Other study ID #: refa 7 105
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 3, 2015
• Last updated: May 5, 2016
• Start date: October 2015
• Est. completion date: June 2016

Study information

• Verified date: May 2016
• Source: Mansoura University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Egypt: Ministry of Higher Education
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

the study aims to evaluate the role of airway ultrasound as a new evolving modality in assessment and management of airway in surgical patients

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: June 2016
• Est. primary completion date: May 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 20 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• all surgical list patients planned for general anesthesia from october 2015 to may 2016

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient refusal

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• General Anesthesia of Morbid Obese Patients

Intervention

Device:
• airway ultrasound
airway assessment using ultrasound

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Mansoura university	Mansoura	Dkahleya

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mansoura University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	prediction of difficult intubation in morbid obese patients	prediction of difficult intubation in morbid obese versus traditional airway scores; Mallampati score.	during endotracheal tube insertion	Yes