Clinical Trial: Ultrasonography Versus Palpation for Identification of the Cricothyroid Membrane
Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Ultrasonography Versus Palpation for Identification of the Cricothyroid Membrane
Brief 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 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.
The purpose is to advise a propriety method for preanesthetic identification. In an obese volunteer
Sponsor: Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Current Primary Outcome: Frequency of correct identification of the cricothyroid membrane [ Time Frame: "2 min" ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome: time to correct identification of the cricothyroid membrane [ Time Frame: "2 min" ]
Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current
Information By: Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Dates:
Date Received: November 20, 2016
Date Started: November 2016
Date Completion: February 2017
Last Updated: November 28, 2016
Last Verified: November 2016