NCT05043025

Patient Positions for Locating the Cricothyroid Membrane

Comparison of Patient Positions for Locating the Cricothyroid Membrane

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 116 (actual)
• Sponsor: SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Cricothyroidotomy is an emergency rescue technique to secure the airway in a 'Can't intubate, Can't Oxygenate' (CICO) situation. The cricothyroid membrane (CTM) is the target site of cricothyroidotomy, and accurate identification of the CTM is essential for successful cricothyroidotomy. In this study, the investigators compare patient positions (neck extension vs. modified ramped position) in terms of the success rate for identifying the CTM in obese patients.

Conditions

• Cricothyroid Membrane

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Identification of the cricothyroid membrane	The cricothyroid membrane is identified using a laryngeal handshake technique in different patient positions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-07-01
• Primary completion: 2024-12-30
• Completion: 2024-12-30
• First posted: 2021-09-13
• Last updated: 2025-12-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea