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Enhancing Difficult Laryngoscopy Prediction Through A Mixed Scoring System

Lebanon1,100 participantsStarted 2025-02-20

Plain-language summary

This study aims to develop a comprehensive airway assessment score including traditional bedside clinical tests and ultrasound measurements with high accuracy in predicting difficult airway, and to validate it through testing it on a large population sample. The main question it aims to answer is: Is the comprehensive scoring system that includes clinical bedside and ultrasound measurements developed to predict difficult airways valid in a large population sample? Adult patients undergoing general anesthesia with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification 1-4 will be recruited. Traditional and ultrasound measurements will be collected.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients undergoing general anesthesia * American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification 1-4 * Emergency or elective cases Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with confirmed history of difficult airway * Patients with maxillofacial trauma or cervical spine injury or instability * Pregnant patients * Patients with a history of head and neck cancer * Patients with known subglottic stenosis * Patients requiring a double lumen tube insertion * Patients with a history of neck radiotherapy

What they're measuring

Number of patients with difficult laryngoscopy

Timeframe: 20 minutes following the scan

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06815952

SponsorAmerican University of Beirut Medical Center

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2026-02-01

Contact for this trial

Nancy Abou Nafeh, MD

01350000 na181@aub.edu.lb

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