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Ultrasonography Versus Palpation for Identification of the Cricothyroid Membrane

NCT02975791 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2016-11-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

After a structured teaching program anaesthetists are educated in identifying the cricothyroid membrane with ultrasonography. Thereafter their ability to do so is compared with their ability to do so with palpation. In an obese volunteer

Conditions

  • Airway Obstruction

Interventions

OTHER

Marking the cricothyroid membrane after ultrasound

Ultrasonography is applied to the subjects neck in order to identify the cricothyroid membrane - subsequently the membrane is marked with a pen

PROCEDURE

Marking of the cricothyroid membrane after Palpation

Palpation is applied to the subjects neck in order to identify the cricothyroid membrane- subsequently the membrane is marked with a pen

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rigshospitalet, Denmark

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-02-28
Completion
2017-02-28

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