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Ultrasound Parameters to Predict Difficult Videolaryngoscopy

Spain210 participantsStarted 2023-01-27

Plain-language summary

Ultrasound has become an essential tool for the daily work of any doctor, but in certain specialties such as Anaesthesiology, its use has greatly increased the safety offered to patients throughout the perioperative period, either to perform nerve blocks, for vascular access, intraoperative hemodynamic management or any other use that allows increasing quality of care.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 90 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients (male or female) ASA I-III, aged between 18 and 90 years, undergoing scheduled surgery requiring orotracheal intubation. The signature of the informed consent is required authorizing its inclusion in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Obesity class II defined as a BMI greater than 35. * Pregnant. * Cervical tumors, goiter or patients who have required radiotherapy at the cervical level * Abnormalities that condition anatomy alterations such as facial / cervical fractures. * Maxillofacial abnormalities * People who cannot give their consent

What they're measuring

Distance from skin to Hyoid bone measured with lineal ultrasound probe

Timeframe: 5 minutes

Distance from skin to epiglottis measured with lineal ultrasound probe

Timeframe: 5 minutes

Tongue Thickness measured with convex probe

Timeframe: 5 minutes

Distance from Jaw to Hyoid bone distance measured with convex probe

Timeframe: 5 minutes

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05767099

SponsorClinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2024-01-01

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