Identifying Cricothyroid Membrane With Ultrasound

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ultrasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04457414

2005-230-113

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cannot-intubate cannot-ventilate situations in healthy children are uncommon but are often associated with poor outcome. We studied the learning curves of inexperienced trainees for identifying cricothyroid membrane with ultrasound in pediatric patients. After watching an instructional video, 30 trainees performed 5 cricothyroid membrane identification on pediatric patients undergoing general anesthesia. We analysed their learning curves relative to performance time and ultrasound anatomy of cricothyroid membrane and relative structures.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• pediatric patients undergoing general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• previous history of tracheostomy
• previous history of operation on neck