A Predictive Model for Difficult Intubation

Khon Kaen University7,500 enrolled

Overview

Failure in airway management is one of the most common anesthesia-related morbidity and mortality. Each individual airway assessment has limitation to predict difficult intubation.

Objective: To develop a scoring model from multiple airway assessment to predict difficult intubation. Methods: This will be a retrospective analytic study. All airway assessment data from medical records of patients aged more than 18 years old underwent general anesthesia in Srinagarind hospital from January 2012 to December 2014 will be used to develop a new scoring prediction model.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

7,500

Conditions

Difficult Intubation

Interventions

Endotracheal intubationPROCEDURE

Endotracheal intubation under direct laryngoscopy using McIntosh blade

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 75 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients undergoing general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation Exclusion Criteria: * Incomplete airway assessment in medical record

Locations (1)

Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University

Khon Kaen, Changwat Khon Kaen, Thailand

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Difficult intubation

Laryngoscopic view: grade 1-2 = no difficult intubation; grade 3-4 = difficult intubation

Time frame: 5 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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