# Optimal Anesthesia for Morbidly Obese Patients

> **NCT04395248** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital** · enrollment: 80 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Obesity
- Anesthesia

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Exploring potential risk factors of difficult intubation using ultrasound
- **PROCEDURE:** Radial artery catheterization using ultrasound guidance or blind palpation
- **DEVICE:** Comparing the effectiveness of preoxygenation between high-flow nasal cannula and facemask
- **DRUG:** Type of volatile anesthetics and M-Entropy guidance of anesthesia depth

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04395248
- **Lead sponsor:** Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2020-05-26
- **Primary completion:** 2021-08-31
- **Final completion:** 2021-08-31
- **Target enrollment:** 80 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-05-18

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04395248

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04395248, "Optimal Anesthesia for Morbidly Obese Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04395248. Licensed CC0.

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