Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT02975791
Ultrasonography Versus Palpation for Identification of the Cricothyroid Membrane
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Rigshospitalet, Denmark · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
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
Detailed description
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. The purpose is to advise a propriety method for preanesthetic identification. In an obese volunteer
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-02-01
- Completion
- 2017-02-01
- First posted
- 2016-11-29
- Last updated
- 2016-11-29
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02975791. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.