RECRUITING

Facial Analysis to Classify Difficult Intubation

Study Overview

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Description

The aim of this project is to develop a computer algorithm that can accurately predict how easy or difficult it is to intubate a patient based upon digital photographs from three different perspectives. Such an application can provide a consistent, quantitative measure of intubation difficulty by analyzing facial features in captured photographs - features which have previously been shown to correlate with how easy or how hard it would be to perform the intubation procedure. This is in contrast to established subjective protocols that also serve to predict intubation difficulty, albeit with lower accuracy. A digital application has the potential to decrease potential complications related to intubation difficulty and increase patient safety.

Official Title

Comparison of a Computerized Image Analysis to Conventional Airway Examination Techniques to Predict Difficult Endotracheal Intubation

Quick Facts

Study Start:2012-05
Study Completion:2025-12
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT01612949

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.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years to 99 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Patients requiring endotracheal intubation
  2. * Patients consenting to acquisition of photographic images of the head and neck
  1. * Patients who had undergone head or neck surgery
  2. * Patients in whom central venous catheters or other interventions that prevent full view of the features of the face in frontal and profile views
  3. * Patients who were neither easy nor difficult to intubate by our criteria

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Scott Segal, MD, MHCM
CONTACT
(336) 716-7084
bsegal@wakehealth.edu
Angela Goodson
CONTACT
336-716-4497
agoodson@wakehealth.edu

Principal Investigator

Scott Segal, MD, MHCM
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Locations (Sites)

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences

  • Scott Segal, MD, MHCM, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Wake Forest University Health Sciences

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 Registration Dates

Study Start Date2012-05
Study Completion Date2025-12

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2012-05
Study Completion Date2025-12

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • endotracheal intubation
  • facial structure
  • Mallampati score
  • computerized facial analysis

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Difficult Intubation