Clinical trials: Cricothyroid Membrane
Airway Complication of Anesthesia
The Effect of a Head Elevated Positioning Device on Position, Height and Depth of the Cricothyroid Membrane in Morbidly Obese Pregnant Women in the Third Trimester.
The cricothyroid membrane (CTM) is situated in the anterior neck and may be readily palpated in most people. In the event of difficulties securing the airway during a general anesthetic the CTM can facilitate emergency access to…
- Trial name
- NCT04569539
- Testing
- Ultrasound
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital