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Ultrasound Evaluation of Endotracheal Tube Depth

NCT01649882 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2015-06-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Correct positioning of the endotracheal tube (ETT) is crucial to ensure safe ventilation. To date, no test that can verify this right after intubation at the bedside exists. Indirect tests have false negative and positive results leading to complications or at least difficulties in performing effective ventilation of patients.

Bedside ultrasound could fill this need. Although bedside ultrasound may not be possible or useful in routine intubations, it may prove useful in difficult or questionable cases, where current clinical exams/techniques may not offer a reliable indication of endotracheal tube depth.

Conditions

  • Intubation, Intratracheal

Interventions

PROCEDURE

US ETT (ultrasound endotracheal tube)

Subjects will have a brief (\< 15 minutes) ultrasound exam of the neck after intubation. The cuff of the endotracheal tube as well as the aortic arch will be identified. The distance between the two structures will be measured and recorded.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kai Schoenhage

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kai Schoenhage, MD · University of Arizona

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-07-31
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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