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Comparison of accuracy of two different methods one by seeing with sonography machine and another clinical method by touching and feeling with hand in identification of a yellow elastic membrane called cricothyroid membrane present in front of Adamâ??s apple in neck

Accuracy of identification of Cricothyroid Membrane by clinical palpation and ultrasound

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2017/08/009393
Enrollment
120
Registered
2017-08-17
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- patients who are hemodynamically stable and posted for elective surgery

Interventions

Intervention1: to determine how accurately participant can identify the Cricothyroid membrane: to determine how accurately participant can identify the Cricothyroid membrane by clinical palpation me

Sponsors

Tata Memorial Hospital
Lead Sponsor
Not Any
Collaborator

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ASA 1-111 patients who are hemodynamically stable and posted for elective surgery in main OT complex.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1 Midline Neck Swelling 2 Tracheostomised patients or having tracheal stoma 3 Need for emergent securing of airway 4 Emergency surgeries 5 Infection at site

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Our primary outcome will be success or failure to identify CTM (place an â??xâ?? mark on the skin overlying the CTM). The placement will be considered correct if â??xâ?? is between the superior and inferior borders of the CTM and within 0.5 cm of midline. This will be separately assessed for both clinical method and ultrasound guided identification. 2 Our second primary outcome would be the time taken to perform the assessment i.e. T1 and T2Timepoint: Once after enrollment

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1 To determine the impact of patient BMI post radiation status and restricted neck mobility on the accuracy. 2 To correlate the successful identification with participantâ??s years of experience, training in ultrasound, history of performing a surgical airwayTimepoint: Once after enrollment

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Sudivya Sharma

Tata Memorial Center

drsudivyasharma@gmail.com02224717043

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026