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Decanulation in Critically Ill Patients

NCT07306091 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 107

Last updated 2025-12-29

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Summary

Purpose of the Study: To predict potential problems (such as shortness of breath and obstruction of the airway due to vocal cord immobility) before the tracheostomy cannula is removed, the patient's vocal cords, their movement, and airflow rate will be assessed at the bedside. The patient will also be examined using routine methods to identify these problems, and the results will be compared with ultrasound scans. The study aims to determine the success and failure of ultrasound in detecting these problems. Method and Procedures: While the patient is receiving treatment in the intensive care unit, the probe of the existing ultrasound device will be placed on the patient's neck, over the cannula, and the movement of the vocal cords and airflow rate will be assessed.

Conditions

  • Decanulation

Interventions

DEVICE

ultrasound guided airway examination

the position of the vocal cords (right, left, cadaveric, normal), movements with phonation and respiration, and vocal fold displacement velocity (VFDV) to control air permeability will be measured by bedside ultrasound by deflating the cuff of the tracheostomy cannula, the cannula will be removed and the same measurements will be taken again with ultrasonography, before being transferred to the otolaryngology clinic (OT) for Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) exam

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Uludag University

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-07-01
Primary Completion
2025-12-31
Completion
2026-02-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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