Proposal and Clinical Evaluation of a Comprehensive Airway Exam Score

February 17, 2017 updated by: University of Kansas Medical Center

The "KU Score": Proposal and Clinical Evaluation of a Comprehensive Airway Exam Score; an Observational Study

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

2000

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Kansas
      • Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160
        • University of Kansas Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Participants will include persons presenting to the University of Kansas Hospital to have surgery under standard general anesthesia.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-IV
  • Patients scheduled for a surgical or any other diagnostic or therapeutic procedure that requires endotracheal intubation (ETI)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients scheduled for an emergent surgery
  • Obstetric patients

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
KU Score
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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Correlation between KU score and intubation difficulty scale (IDS) measure
Time Frame: Time between preoperative exam to after intubation, up to 3 hours
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 between preoperative exam to after intubation, up to 3 hours

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Kansas Medical Center

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Mirsad Dupanović, MD, University of Kansas Medical Center

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 27, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 17, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

February 23, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 23, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 17, 2017

Last Verified

February 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 12093

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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