Comparing a Horizontal Ultrasound Technique With a Palpation Technique for Localising the Cricothyroid Membrane

Airway Identification Clinical Trial

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Official title:

A Descriptive Study Comparing a Horizontal Ultrasound Technique With a Palpation Technique for Localising the Cricothyroid Membrane in an Obstetric Population.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02271763
• Other study ID #: H14-01177
• Secondary ID: CW14-0188
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 26, 2014
• Last updated: March 31, 2015
• Start date: September 2014
• Est. completion date: March 2015

Study information

• Verified date: March 2015
• Source: University of British Columbia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Health Canada
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators will be comparing a traditional palpation (feeling) technique with an ultrasound technique for finding a specific part of the neck.

Description:

This study compares a traditional palpation (feeling) technique with an ultrasound technique for finding a specific part of the neck. Finding this part of the neck is important for anesthesiologists in emergencies and can sometimes be difficult. We would like to determine if using ultrasound is easier and more reliable than examining the neck by hand. Newer methods using ultrasound have not been studied in detail in the pregnant population.

This study aims to describe a simple technique for identifying the cricothyroid membrane. The secondary aim is to determine how ultrasound compares to palpation in pregnant women at term.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 37
• Est. completion date: March 2015
• Est. primary completion date: March 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 19 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• term pregnancy

• 19yrs and older

Exclusion Criteria:

• preterm pregnancy

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Caregiver, Investigator)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Airway Identification

Intervention

Other:
• ultrasound
subjects' neck will be scanned using ultrasound

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	BC Women's Hospital	Vancouver	British Columbia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of British Columbia

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Airway localization	Subjects necks' will be palpated and then scanned using ultrasound	10 minutes	No