Airway Ultrasound Assessment in the Prediction of Difficult Airway

Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de la Fundación Jiménez Díaz200 enrolled

Overview

To assess whether the thickness of pre-tracheal fat, greater than 28 mm, and measured by ultrasound, constitutes a reliable parameter in the prediction of a difficult airway.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

200

Conditions

Airway Complication of Anesthesia Anesthesia Intubation Complication

Interventions

Ultrasound testDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Ultrasound evaluation of airway

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients risk ASA I-IV * Non-urgent surgery under general anesthesia with orotracheal intubation * Acceptance to participate and grant written consent Exclusion Criteria: * Urgent surgery * Patients with a history of craniocervical pathology (trauma, tumor, malformations) * Pregnancy * Patient Refusal

Locations (1)

Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Díaz

Madrid, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pretracheal fat thickness for intubation complexity

The pretracheal fat at the level of the vocal cords will be evaluated with ultrasound, to discern if a certain thickness is related to a difficult laryngoscopic vision (understood as cormack 3 or 4)

Time frame: 5 minutes

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