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Ultrasound Guided Versus Palpation Guided Cricothyrotomy With Poorly Defined Anatomical Landmarks

NCT01475487 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 47

Last updated 2015-06-25

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Summary

Inability to provide oxygen to the patient remains the most fearful anesthesia-related mishap. Cricothyrotomy (CT) is an infrequently performed but life saving procedure for an anesthesiologist, who is encountered with this situation. The current method of cricothyrotomy relies on digital palpation (DP). Several patient populations, including morbidly obese, short neck, radiation to and previous neck surgeries, have difficult landmarks for this procedure. Ultrasound (US) technology has been used in the past to visualize landmarks for cricothyrotomy, but there is no study which has examined the role of ultrasound in patients who have obscure landmarks. There is no data related to the performance of ultrasound guided cricothyrotomy in these patients. In this study, we aimed to determine the outcomes of CT performed on human cadavers using US-guidance, compared to conventional DP, of anatomical landmarks. In particularly, complication rates, failure to cannulate, correct placement of the device and insertion time of CT were assessed.

Conditions

  • Airway Management

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Utrasound guided cricothyrotomy

Utrasound guided cricothyrotomy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Naveed Siddiqui, MD · Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-04-30
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2013-09-30

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