Identifying Cricothyroid Membrane With Ultrasound

Completed

• Conditions: Ultrasound

• Registration Number: NCT04457414
• Lead Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital

Brief Summary

Cannot-intubate cannot-ventilate situations in healthy children are uncommon but are often associated with poor outcome. We studied the learning curves of inexperienced trainees for identifying cricothyroid membrane with ultrasound in pediatric patients. After watching an instructional video, 30 trainees performed 5 cricothyroid membrane identification on pediatric patients undergoing general anesthesia. We analysed their learning curves relative to performance time and ultrasound anatomy of cricothyroid membrane and relative structures.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-06-30
• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-30
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-07
• Status Verified: 2021-02
• Primary Completion: 2021-02-05
• Study Completion: 2021-02-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-02-06
• Last Update Posted: 2021-02-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• pediatric patients undergoing general anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria

• previous history of tracheostomy
• previous history of operation on neck

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Performance time for identifying cricothyroid membrane with ultrasound	from immediately after anesthetic induction to end of surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ultrasound anatomy of cricothyroid membrane	from immediately after anesthetic induction to end of surgery	depth from skin surface, thickness, diameter, relative vessels

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Seoul national university hospital; 🇰🇷 Seoul, Korea, Republic of