The aim of this study is to compare the preoperative and postoperative ultrasonographic measurements of patients undergoing in the prone position and the change in upper airway edema. The secondary aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between OSAS risk levels determined by the STOP-BANG score in the preoperative period of the patients participating in the study, and airway ultrasound measurements and postoperative critical respiratory events in the preoperative and postoperative period.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
60
Tongue thickness Median sagittal tongue cross-sectional area Tongue width Tongue volume: Lateral parapharyngeal wall thickness
Tongue thickness Median sagittal tongue cross-sectional area Tongue width Tongue volume: Lateral parapharyngeal wall thickness
Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
Preoperative Tongue thickness
Time frame: Baseline, preoperative
postoperative Tongue thickness1
Time frame: postextubation
postoperative Tongue thickness2
Time frame: postoperative 2. hour]
preoperative Tongue volume
Time frame: Baseline, preoperative
postoperative Tongue volume1
Time frame: postextubation
postoperative Tongue volume2
Time frame: postoperative 2. hour
Preoperative Lateral parapharyngeal wall thickness
Time frame: Baseline, preoperative
postoperative Lateral parapharyngeal wall thickness1
Time frame: postextubation
postoperative Lateral parapharyngeal wall thickness2
Time frame: postoperative 2. hour
Critical respiratory events
Time frame: Within postoperative 2 hours
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