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Accuracy of Using the CPAP Technique to Eliminate Air Leak and Prevent Excessive Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressures

NCT01384318 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2012-11-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In common clinical practice, one means of ensuring an acceptable cuff pressure in endotracheal tubes (ETT) is to hold continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) of 20-25 cmH2O and inflate the cuff of the ETT until no gas leak is noted around the cuff. The purpose of this study is to validate this technique by checking the intracuff pressure using a manometer after the cuff is inflated using the CPAP technique.

Conditions

  • Surgical Patients Intubated With Cuffed ETT

Interventions

OTHER

Manometer

Measuring cuff pressure

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joseph D Tobias, MD · Nationwide Children's Hospital

Eligibility

Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-06-30
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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