Ultrasound Examination Versus Palpation to Locate the Cricothyroid Membrane

Focus: Localizing the Cricothyroid Membrane Before Airway Management Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparison of Ultrasound Examination and Palpation to Locate the Cricothyroid Membrane - a Randomized Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01735760
• Other study ID #: US-MC-001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 24, 2012
• Last updated: November 23, 2013
• Start date: November 2012
• Est. completion date: December 2012

Study information

• Verified date: November 2013
• Source: Rigshospitalet, Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: The Regional Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Anesthesiologists get a course on localizing the cricothyroid membrane on a human using ultrasonography. Thereafter their ability to localize the cricothyroid membrane with either palpation or ultrasonography, in a randomised fashion, is tested.

Description:

The ability to localize the cricothyroid membrane on patients before airway management is crucial in order to be able to follow the difficult airway algorithms.

Studies have show a high failure rate when anesthesiologists rely on palpation.

In this study Anesthesiologists get an e-learning course, get literature to study , and get a theoretical course and a hands-on course in using ultrasound for localizing the cricothyroid membrane. . Thereafter their ability to localize the cricothyroid membrane with either palpation or ultrasonography, in a randomised fashion, is tested.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 44
• Est. completion date: December 2012
• Est. primary completion date: December 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• being an anesthesiologist attending our airway management course

Exclusion Criteria:

• unwillingness to participate

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Crossover, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Focus: Localizing the Cricothyroid Membrane Before Airway Management

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Rigshospitalet, Denmark	Copenhagen

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	rate of success of localizing the cricothyroid membrane with ultrasound and palpation	the rate of success is measured	december 2012	No
Secondary	time to localise the cricothyroid membrane with ultrasonography and palpation	time measure for both ultrasonographic and palpation method	december 2012	No