Clinical Trial: A Comparative Study of Supine Position and the Head Elevated Position on the Level of Sensory Block After Spinal Anesthesia in Morbidly Obese Parturient Undergoing Elective Cesarean Delivery

U.S., March 22 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06889337) titled 'A Comparative Study of Supine Position and the Head Elevated Position on the Level of Sensory Block After Spinal Anesthesia in Morbidly Obese Parturient Undergoing Elective Cesarean Delivery' on Feb. 23.

Brief Summary: The sniffing position defined as neck flexion with upper cervical extension, is traditionally recommended for general anesthesia induction, as it improves laryngoscopic views. However, the head elevation beyond the sniffing position, also known as ramped position or head elevated laryngoscopy position, usually achieved by specially designed pillows such as the Oxford head elevating laryngoscopy pillow (Alma Medical,O...