National Difficult Airway Database

• Research type

  Research Database

• IRAS ID

  292992

• Contact name

  Achuthan Sajayan

• Contact email

  sajayan@gmail.com

• Research summary

  DAS Difficult Airway Database

• REC name

  East Midlands - Derby Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  21/EM/0001

• Date of REC Opinion

  12 Jan 2021

• REC opinion

  Unfavourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  Data stored online and accessible to GMC registered doctors:
  Anonymous details about
  1. Difficulty in airway management
  2. Airway assessment details and relevant co-morbidities
  3. Equipment used
  4. Suggested plan for future
  5. Age
  6. Sex

  Data stored offline (only accessible to administrators)
  1. Name
  2. Address
  3. NHS number
  4. Date of Birth

  Data collection is online as submitted by registered doctors from hospitals that are part of the project. Identifiable data is encrypted before being transferred to a secure offline system.

• Research programme

  Any doctor who is registered with the General Medical Council and is involved in managing patient's airway for anaesthesia / sedation will be supported by this database. Also the patients who are on the database are at a higher risk of getting complication related to airway management. They will benefit from having their information being easily available to the treating clinicians.

• Research database title

  DAS Difficult Airway Database

• Establishment organisation

  Difficult Airway Society UK

• Establishment organisation address

  21 Portland Place

  London

  W1B 1PY