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Verification of Endotracheal Tube Placement by Ultrasound in the Obese Patient

NCT01227486 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2010-11-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether verification of correct tube placement after endotracheal intubation in the obese patient can be conducted as fast with ultrasound as with the conventional method of combined auscultation and capnography.

The investigators hypothesize that ultrasound is a faster method for verifying correct endotracheal tube placement in the obese patient than combined auscultation and capnography.

Conditions

  • Intubation, Intratracheal
  • Obesity

Interventions

DEVICE

Ultrasound

Ultrasound scan just proximal to the suprasternal notch during intubation and ultrasound scan of both lungs during ventilation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bispebjerg Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dan Isbye, M.D., PhD. · Department of Anaesthesiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispbjerg

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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Diseases

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