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End-Tidal CO2 (etCO2) and pH in the Correct Naso-gastric Tube Placement

NCT03934515 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 85

Last updated 2021-10-05

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Summary

The laying of a naso-gastric tube is an extremely common event in intensive medicine; although standard naso-gastric tube laying is performed at the patient's bedside, this procedure is not without risk. Through the use of methods already used in the clinical field, of daily use, we want to identify the threshold value between tracheal and esophageal etCO2 (group A) and the threshold value between gastric and esophageal pH (group B).

Conditions

  • Gastric Feeding Tube
  • Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous
  • pH

Interventions

OTHER

etCO2

At the end of the procedure, therefore, for each patient two values of etCO2 are acquired which will allow to obtain two "populations of values" of the etCO2: the values at the endotracheal level and the esophageal level values. The authors will find the "threshold value" of etCO2 collected when the NGT is well positioned in trachea. The study manager is not directly involved in the measurement and recording of etCO2 values.

OTHER

pH

At the end of the procedure, for each patient two values of pH are acquired which will allow to obtain two pH "value populations": a value at esophageal level and a value at the gastric level. The authors will find the "threshold value" of pH collected when the NGT is positioned in the esophagus and in the stomach. The study manager is not directly involved in the measurement and recording of pH values.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ospedale Regionale Bellinzona e Valli

    collaborator OTHER

  • Clinica Luganese Moncucco

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Samuele Ceruti, MD · Clinica Luganese Moncucco

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-11-01
Primary Completion
2021-04-01
Completion
2021-08-01

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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