Validity Of Ultrasound As Regards Correlation To Cormack-Lehane Grading In Obese Patients
Validity Of Ultrasound As Regards Correlation To Cormack-Lehane Grading In Obese Patients
Since the introduction of real-time ultrasound (US) capabilities, ultrasound technology has
 been adopted and incorporated into daily practice by many medical and surgical specialties.
 Using US to help assess the difficult airway constitutes just yet another valuable
 application of this versatile technology . Since many anesthesia providers had already
 acquired proficiency in US techniques in US guided vascular access and regional nerve blocks,
 using US to evaluate the airway could be learned and mastered without too much difficulty.
 Ultrasound of the upper airway may prove to become a useful adjunct to conventional clinical
 assessment tools, as it has been successful in visualizing the relevant anatomy and critical
 structures of the airway..
The study is cross sectional observational study in which obese patients will be assessed
 using conventional clinical methods of airway assessment and by using US for the same patient
 before induction of anesthesia then correlated to the Cormack-Lehane finding after induction
 of anesthesia..
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Age of the patient : (21-60) years old.

 -  Sex : male & female.

 -  Physical Status : The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) II-III patients.

 -  Body mass index : 30 to more than 30 kg / m² .

 -  Operations: Laparoscopic surgeries,bariatric surgeries and any operation that requires
 general anesthesia with endotracheal tube placement .

 Exclusion Criteria:

 Patient refusal.

 -  Deformity of the airway anatomy [by masses or tumors].

 -  Patients with thyroid swellings 'Goitre'.

 -  Pathology of the airway [edema,burn and arthritis].