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Ultrasonography Versus Palpation for Identification of the Cricothyroid Membrane

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Rigshospitalet

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Airway Obstruction

Treatments

Procedure: Marking of the cricothyroid membrane after Palpation
Other: Marking the cricothyroid membrane after ultrasound

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02975791
Ultrasound MC 24112016

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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

Enrollment

40 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • BMI > 40
  • Female

Exclusion criteria

  • Age below 18

Trial design

Primary purpose

Basic Science

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

40 participants in 2 patient groups

palpation
Active Comparator group
Description:
Marking the cricothyroid membrane after ultrasound The intervention is to mark the cricothyroid membrane in order to know exactly where it is in case that it should be needed fur emergency cricothyrotomy. The doctors mark the cricothyroid membrane with a pen after using palpation for identification.
Treatment:
Procedure: Marking of the cricothyroid membrane after Palpation
ultrasound
Active Comparator group
Description:
Marking of the cricothyroid membrane after Palpation intervention is to mark the cricothyroid membrane in order to know exactly where it is in case that it should be needed fur emergency cricothyrotomy doctors mark the cricothyroid membrane with a pen after using ultrasonography for the identification
Treatment:
Other: Marking the cricothyroid membrane after ultrasound

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