Transtracheal ultrasound for identifying endotracheal intubation in adults

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (diagnostic). The objectives are as follows:

To determine the diagnostic accuracy of transtracheal ultrasound for detecting endotracheal intubation in adult patients.

Secondary objectives

Secondary objectives include assessing the diagnostic accuracy of transtracheal ultrasound amongst the following subgroups:

  • setting (e.g. prehospital, emergency department, intensive care unit, operating room)

  • operator specialty (e.g. emergency medicine, non-emergency medicine)

  • operator experience (e.g. attending physician, resident physician, non-physician)

  • ultrasound technique (e.g. static, dynamic)

  • ultrasound transducer (e.g. curvilinear, linear)

This is a protocol.