Clinical trial NCT03752593: The Incidence of Difficult Intubation in Obese Versus Non-obese Patients
Official title: The Incidence of Difficult Intubation in Obese Versus Non-obese Patients
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Airway Obstruction
Lead sponsor: King Hamad University Hospital, Bahrain
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-11-26
Enrollment: 200
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Heterogeneous group representing the general population of Muharraq

Brief summary: The aim of our study is to identify the incidence of difficult endotracheal intubation in patients with normal BMI undergoing surgery under general anaesthesia in our hospital and compare it to that of obese patients.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Elective surgery
* BMI\< 30 for Normal BMI group
* BMI \> 30 for Obese group

Exclusion Criteria:

* Known previous difficult airway
* Pediatric patients.
* Emergency patients

Primary outcomes:
measure: Assessment of difficulty in airway management
timeFrame: two years
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Muharraq
country: Bahrain
facility: King Hamad University Hospital
Study officials:
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