A Descriptive Study Comparing a Horizontal Ultrasound Technique With a Palpation Technique for Localising the Cricothyroid Membrane in an Obstetric Population.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 37
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Airway localization
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators will be comparing a traditional palpation (feeling) technique with an ultrasound technique for finding a specific part of the neck.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 盲法
- Double (Care Provider, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 19 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •term pregnancy
- •19yrs and older
排除标准
- •preterm pregnancy
研究组 & 干预措施
Palpating neck
Subjects will have their neck palpated by an anesthesiologist to locate their cricothyroid membrane
干预措施: ultrasound (Other)
Ultrasound neck
Subjects will have their neck scanned with ultrasound by an anesthesiologist to locate their cricothyroid membrane
干预措施: ultrasound (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Airway localization
时间窗: 10 minutes
Subjects necks' will be palpated and then scanned using ultrasound
次要结局
未报告次要终点