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Can Endotracheal Tube Fluctuation With Epigastric Compression Be Used as a Confirmation Method for Endotracheal Intubation?

NCT06542406 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 78

Last updated 2024-08-07

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Summary

Endotracheal intubation (ETE) may also need to be performed outside the hospital as advanced airway management. In such cases, facilities such as imaging methods, ultrasound or capnography may not be available and only traditional methods such as auscultation of lung sounds, auscultation of the epigastric region without hearing airflow, observation of chest expansion after ventilation, observation of water vapor in the tube may have to be used. Despite all these observational methods and equipment used, it is recommended to keep in mind that there may be errors and to try to provide confirmation with more than one method.

Especially in disaster situations where technological infrastructure is not available and sometimes outside the hospital, the use of traditional methods based on examination may be of vital importance. The traditional methods mentioned above are mostly used to detect tracheal localization and to exclude esophageal localization. In our observations in patients with cardiopulmonary arrest, the investigators noticed that in the case of esophageal placement of the tube, manual compression of the epigastric region produced a fluctuation in the tube and valved balloon caused by airflow. The investigators thought that this could be a method to confirm esophageal placement. The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of epigastric manual compression in the confirmation of esophageal placement of the tube.

Conditions

  • Intubation, Intratracheal

Interventions

DEVICE

Endotracheal intubation

The first 40 successful and the first 40 unsuccessful ETE procedures were included in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Duzce University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mustafa Boğan, MD · Duzce University, School of Medicine, Emergency Department

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-02-18
Primary Completion
2023-03-04
Completion
2023-03-04

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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