A prospective randomized controlled study to evaluate whether lung ultrasonography can be used to confirm position of left sided double lumen tube, which is an instrument used in elective thoracic surgeries involving ventilation of single lung, at Tata Memorial Hospital.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- patients undergoing elective thoracic surgeries involving one lung ventilation
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2014/08/004915
- Lead Sponsor
- Tata memorial Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Inclusion Criteria
Patients undergoing elective thoracic surgeries involving one lung ventilation
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients in whom intubation seems to be difficult under direct vision.
2.Patients with tracheostomy tube in situ.
3.Patients with diagnosed pneumothorax or pleural effusion.
4.Patients with pleurodesis done in past.
5.Patients with PFT values (any one out of FEV1, MVV, TLC, FVC) < 50% of the predicted values.
6.Patients below age of 18 years.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method accuracy of dignosis of correct placement of DLTTimepoint: To be tested intraoperatively once thoracic cavity is direcly visualised by surgeon.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method sensetivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of Lung USGTimepoint: to be tested intraoperatively once the thoracic cavity is directly visualised by surgeon.