Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01908218
The Reliability and Validity of the Upper Lip Bite Test to Predict Difficult Laryngoscopy in Korean
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 344 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Yonsei University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 20 Years – 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Anticipated difficulties at laryngoscopy give time to prepare alternative method and proper management. Several methods to evaluate the anatomical structures has been used during preoperative period for airway assessment. Evaluation methods are such as the Mallampati classification, mouth opening, thyromental distance and sternocostal distance. the Upper Lip Bite test, evaluates the possibility of a patient cover the mucosa of the upper lip by the lower incisor. The aim of this study was to assess the clinical usefulness of the Upper Lip Bite test(ULBT) in Korean compared to Modified Mallampati classification(MMT).
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2009-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2009-02-01
- Completion
- 2009-02-01
- First posted
- 2013-07-25
- Last updated
- 2013-07-25
Locations
1 site across 1 country: South Korea
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01908218. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.