Comparison of Airway Ultrasonography and Laryngoscopy Methods in Obese Patients
Recruiting · NCT07482436 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Trabzon Kanuni Education and Research Hospital
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What this trial is about
The main objective of this study was to examine the relationship between classical markers used in assessing difficult airway management in obese patients (Mallampati score, thyromental distance, sternomental distance, neck circumference measurement) and ultrasonographic parameters (vocal cord mobility, glottic opening, hyomental distance, skin-epiglottic distance, and peri-epiglottic space-epiglottic-vocal cord ratio), to compare the effects of these parameters on predicting difficult intubation, and to investigate the effects of different laryngoscopy methods on intubation success and peroperative respiratory complications. The secondary objective of the study is to investigate the effects of different laryngoscopy methods on hemodynamic responses to intubation. Participants' gender, age, height, weight, BMI, ASA physical status classification, smoking status, comorbidities, STOP-BANG and LEMON scores will be recorded. The glottic score percentage (POGO score), glottic visualization time, endotracheal intubation time, use of assistive maneuvers, and Intubation Difficulty Scale (IDS) parameters will be compared according to the laryngoscopy methods used. Participants must meet the following criteria: * Consent given by the patient * Operated under general anesthesia * Over 18 years of age * American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification I-II-III * Body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or higher * Operation duration between 60-150 minutes * Patients undergoing elective surgery.
Who can take part
Inclusion criteria
- Patients who have given their consent
- Patients who underwent surgery under general anesthesia
- Patients over eighteen years of age
- Patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification of I-II-III
- Patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or higher
- Patients whose surgery lasts between 60 and 150 minutes
- Patients who underwent surgery under elective conditions will be included.
Exclusion criteria
- Patients who do not consent,
- those undergoing head and neck surgery,
- those to be operated on in the prone position,
- uncooperative patients (patients with whom communication is not possible),
- those with craniofacial anomalies,
- patients operated on in emergency situations will be excluded from the study.
Where it is running
1 location listed.
- Trabzon University Faculty of Medicine Kanuni Training and Research Hospital - Trabzon, Turkey (Türkiye)