A multicentre prospective cohort study of the accuracy of conventional landmark technique for cricoid localisation using ultrasound scanning

Anaesthesia

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1229-1234

  Lee, D ^a   Czech, A J ^b   Elriedy, M ^a   Nair, A ^a   El Boghdadly, K ^b,c   Ahmad, I ^b,c  

^a DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ultrasound; upper airway anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANATOMY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRICOID CARTILAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; ACID ASPIRATION; AGED; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CRICOID CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION OF GASTRIC CONTENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85053293314     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14399     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Sellick BA. Cricoid pressure to control regurgitation of stomach contents during induction of anaesthesia. Lancet 1961; 2: 404–6.
2. Harris T, Ellis DY, Foster L, Lockey D. Cricoid pressure and laryngeal manipulation in 402 pre-hospital emergency anaesthetics: essential safety measure or a hindrance to rapid safe intubation? Resuscitation 2010; 81: 810–16.
3. Neilipovitz DT, Crosby ET. No evidence for decreased incidence of aspiration after rapid sequence induction. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2007; 54: 748–64.
4. Aslani A, Ng SC, Hurley M, McCarthy KF, McNicholas M, McCaul CL. Accuracy of identification of the cricothyroid membrane in female subjects using palpation: an observational study. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2012; 114: 987–92.
5. Brisson P, Brisson M. Variable application and misapplication of cricoid pressure. Journal of Trauma 2010; 69: 1182–4.
6. You-Ten KE, Desai D, Postonogova T, Siddiqui N. Accuracy of conventional digital palpation and ultrasound of the cricothyroid membrane in obese women in labour. Anaesthesia 2015; 70: 1230–4.
7. Ezri T, Gewürtz G, Sessler DI, et al. Prediction of difficult laryngoscopy in obese patients by ultrasound quantification of anterior neck soft tissue. Anaesthesia 2003; 58: 1111–14.
8. El-Boghdadly K, Wiles MD, Atton S, Bailey CR. Adherence to guidance on registration of randomised controlled trials published in Anaesthesia. Anaesthesia 2018; 73: 556–63.
9. Cohen JF, Korevaar DA, Altman DG, et al. STARD 2015 guidelines for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies: explanation and elaboration. British Medical Journal Open 2016; 6: e012799.
10. Ajmani ML. A metrical study of the laryngeal skeleton in adult Nigerians. Journal of Anatomy 1990; 171: 187–91.
11. Eckel HE, Sittel C, Zorowka P, Jerke A. Dimensions of the laryngeal framework in adults. Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy 1994; 16: 31–6.
12. Joshi M, Joshi S, Joshi S. Morphometric study of cricoid cartilages in Western India. Australasian Medical Journal 2011; 4: 542–7.
13. Koerber JP, Roberts GE, Whitaker R, Thorpe CM. Variation in rapid sequence induction techniques: current practice in Wales. Anaesthesia 2009; 64: 54–9.
14. The Royal College of Anaesthetists. CCT in anaesthetics – basic level training (Annex B). http://www.rcoa.ac.uk/system/files/TRG-CCT-ANNEXB_0.pdf (accessed 30/01/2017).
15. The College of Anaesthetists of Ireland. Specialist anaesthesia training 1 and 2 (SAT 1 and 2). https://www.anaesthesia.ie/attachments/article/87/ICT.pdf (accessed 30/01/2017).
16. NHS Education for Scotland. Core competencies for anaesthetic assistants. 2011. http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/media/1410332/portfoliointeractive_10_01.pdf (accessed 07/02/2018).
17. Turnbull J, Patel A, Athanassoglou V, Pandit JJ. Cricoid pressure: apply – but be ready to release. Anaesthesia 2016; 71: 999–1003.
18. Algie CM, Mahar RK, Tan HB, Wilson G, Mahar PD, Wasiak J. Effectiveness and risks of cricoid pressure during rapid sequence induction for endotracheal intubation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015; 11: CD011656.
19. Zeidan AM, Salem MR, Mazoit JX, Abdullah MA, Ghattas T, Crystal GJ. The effectiveness of cricoid pressure for occluding the esophageal entrance in anesthetized and paralyzed patients: an experimental and observational glidescope study. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2014; 118: 580–6.
20. Rice MJ, Mancuso AA, Gibbs C, Morey TE, Gravenstein N, Deitte LA. Cricoid pressure results in compression of the postcricoid hypopharynx: the esophageal position is irrelevant. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2009; 109: 1546–52.
21. Boet S, Duttchen K, Chan J, et al. Cricoid pressure provides incomplete esophageal occlusion associated with lateral deviation: a magnetic resonance imaging study. Journal of Emergency Medicine 2012; 42: 606–11.
22. Andruszkiewicz P, Wojtczak J, Wroblewski L, Kaczor M, Sobczyk D, Kowalik I. Ultrasound evaluation of the impact of cricoid pressure versus novel ‘paralaryngeal pressure’ on anteroposterior oesophageal diameter. Anaesthesia 2016; 71: 1024–9.
23. Kei J, Utschig EE, van Tonder RJ. Using Ultrasonography to assess the effectiveness of cricoid pressure on esophageal compression. Journal of Emergency Medicine 2017; 53: 236–40.
24. Ansermino JM, Blogg CE. Cricoid pressure may prevent insertion of the laryngeal mask airway. British Journal of Anaesthesia 1992; 69: 465–7.
25. Hocking G, Roberts FL, Thew ME. Airway obstruction with cricoid pressure and lateral tilt. Anaesthesia 2001; 56: 825–8.
26. Allman KG. The effect of cricoid pressure application on airway patency. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 1995; 7: 197–9.
27. Frerk C, Mitchell VS, McNarry AF, et al. Difficult Airway Society 2015 guidelines for management of unanticipated difficult intubation in adults†. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2015; 115: 827–48.
28. Mushambi MC, Kinsella SM, Popat M, et al. Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association and Difficult Airway Society guidelines for the management of difficult and failed tracheal intubation in obstetrics. Anaesthesia 2015; 70: 1286–306.
29. Kristensen MS, Teoh WH, Rudolph SS. Ultrasonographic identification of the cricothyroid membrane: best evidence, techniques, and clinical impact. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2016; 117: i39–48.
30. Nutbeam T, Clarke R, Luff T, Enki D, Gay D. The height of the cricothyroid membrane on computed tomography scans in trauma patients. Anaesthesia 2017; 72: 987–92.