NCT02613429

Identification of Airway Structures Necessary for Airway Access Via the Skin

Identification of Airway Structures Necessary for Airway Access Via the Skin to be Used in Case of Failure to Maintain Oxygenation With Non-invasive Methods

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rigshospitalet, Denmark · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Literature shows that anaesthetists have a low success-rate when trying to access the airway percutaneously in case of failed ventilation and intubation. The study will investigate anaesthetists ability to locate the trachea and the thyroid cartilage and the cricoid cartilage in patients, using different methods including application of ultrasonography.

Detailed description

Literature shows that anaesthetists have a low success-rate when trying to access the airway percutaneously in case of failed ventilation and intubation. The researchers will investigate anaesthetists ability to locate the trachea and the thyroid cartilage and the cricoid cartilage of a healthy subject with different methods including application of ultrasonography.

Conditions

• Upper Airway Obstruction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	identification of the airway by from the cranial end	The airway is identified with inspection and imaging technique (ultrasound) by placing the ultrasound transducer over the thyroid cartilage and from there moving distally
BEHAVIORAL	identification of the airway from the distal end	The airway is identified with inspection and imaging technique (ultrasound) by placing the ultrasound transducer over the distal trachea and moving cranially

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-11-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2015-11-24
• Last updated: 2016-01-05

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Denmark