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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

TypeNameDescription
OTHERMarking the cricothyroid membrane after ultrasoundUltrasonography is applied to the subjects neck in order to identify the cricothyroid membrane - subsequently the membrane is marked with a pen
PROCEDUREMarking of the cricothyroid membrane after PalpationPalpation 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.