An observational study in Intubation, sponsored by University of Kansas Medical Center. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-02-23.
Sponsored by University of Kansas Medical Center · Observational
The purpose of this observational study is to evaluate the usefulness of Kansas University airway exam score ("KU score") in predicting difficulty of placement of a breathing tube into the windpipe.
University of Kansas Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 492 studies on the registry; 113 are open to participants now.
Of its 38 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 24 (63%) have results posted.
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Participants will include persons presenting to the University of Kansas Hospital to have surgery under standard general anesthesia.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Participants asked to answer questions for the KU Score exam
Other: KU Score
Exam with a max score of 10 and min score of 0. Designed as a preoperative assessment of the patient's airway.
Correlation between KU score and intubation difficulty scale (IDS) measure
The measure is assessed during the time period between the start of preoperative examination on the day of surgery and completion of a standard tracheal intubation in the operating room. Correlation measured using the Spearman correlation coefficient.
Time frame: Time between preoperative exam to after intubation, up to 3 hours
This study is completed, as verified in Feb 2017. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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