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Effect of Body Position Changes on Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure in Ventilated Critically Ill Patients

NCT01757912 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2012-12-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The endotracheal tube secures free airway in patients undergoing surgical procedures or mechanical ventilation. The extraluminal airway needs to be sealed by a cuff. The cuff needs to be adequately inflated with air. The cuff pressure should be between 20 and 30 cm H2O. A cuff pressure in excess of the target range is associated with a risk of tracheal injury, whereas a cuff pressure below the lower limit includes a risk of micro-aspiration of subglottic secretions, with risk of subsequent ventilator-associated pneumonia. It is unknown whether the cuff pressure changes following changes in body position of the patient. The objective of this study is to investigate to which extent - if any - cuff pressures change after body position changes of the patient.

Conditions

  • Mechanical Ventilation With Oral Intubation

Interventions

PROCEDURE

cuff pressure

The patient will be positioned in 16 distinct body positions, immediately after correct positioning, the cuff pressure is measured during an end-expiratory ventilator hold.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • General Hospital Sint-Blasius Dendermonde

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University Hospital, Ghent

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stijn Blot, PhD, Prof · University Ghent

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-02-28
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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