RecruitingNot Applicable

Airway Coach Project: Prediction of Videolaryngoscopy Strategy With Clinical and Ultrasound Parameters (Unicentric)

Spain280 participantsStarted 2023-01-27

Plain-language summary

This unicentric observational study collects clinical characteristics, demographic data, and point-of-care airway ultrasound measurements in patients undergoing videolaryngoscopy. These variables are analysed using machine-learning techniques to examine their association with predefined videolaryngoscopy-related outcomes, including blade performance and adjunct requirement.

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 IDNCT06925009

SponsorClinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2026-06-01

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