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NCT05735106
NC/TMD Ratio as a Difficult Airway Predictor in Obese Patients
Conditions: Difficult / Failed Intubation
Sex: All
Ages: 18 Years – 65 Years
Healthy volunteers: 1
Enrollment: 220
Sponsor: KRL Hospital, Islamabad
Location: Pakistan
Summary
To assess accuracy of NC/TM distance ratio in terms of sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value (NPV) and positive predictive value (PPV) for predicting difficult intubation in obese patient with Intubation difficulty score (IDS) as gold standard.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:ASA physical status I to IIIBody Mass Index (BMI) of 30kg/m2 or moreage 18-65 yearsExclusion Criteria:non consentingASA class greater than III,patients undergoing general anesthesia without tracheal intubation or under regional anesthesia,patients with upper airway pathology such as maxillofacial fractures, upper airway tumors or cervical spine fracture, obstetric patients, refusal of the patient, previous head and neck surgery or radiotherapy.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05735106). StuddyBuddy aggregates publicly available trial information.
