12
Participants
Start Date
February 28, 2015
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2015
Study Completion Date
September 30, 2015
Jugular venous ultrasound
All volunteers will be fully awake throughout the study and be kept comfortable. A cross will be marked where the left and right IJV cross the level of C6. This is where all the measurements will be taken in 3 different conditions at rest, jugular occlusion and valsalva maneuver. At each conditions, the left and right IJV will be scanned with an ultrasound measuring the cross sectional area and Doppler velocity of the IJV. The least amount of pressure will be used to press on the ultrasound probe and the measurements will be obtained at end inspiration. The IJV flow is then calculated.
Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto
University Health Network, Toronto
OTHER
Lashmi Venkatraghavan
OTHER