Impact of Using a Cuffed Endotracheal Tube on Limiting the Risk of Airway Fire
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 200
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Difference in oxygen concentration in the oropharynx between cuffed and uncuffed ETT.
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of using a cuffed endotracheal tube (ETT) on the oxygen concentration in the oropharynx during adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, or adenotonsillectomy. The study hypothesis is that inflation of the cuff on the ETT will eliminate contamination of the oropharynx with the inspired anesthetic gases and decrease the oxygen concentration in the oropharynx.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Diagnostic
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients undergoing adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, or adenotonsillectomy.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Airway anomalies or cardiac conditions that have the potential for a complicated anesthesia induction.
Arms & Interventions
Cuffed ETT
Intervention: Cuffed ETT (Other)
Uncuffed ETT
Intervention: Uncuffed ETT (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Difference in oxygen concentration in the oropharynx between cuffed and uncuffed ETT.
Time Frame: 4-5 minutes after induction
The oxygen and sevoflurane (anesthetic agent) concentration of the oropharynx would be measured during positive pressure ventilation immediately after intubation and then 4-5 mins. after anesthetic induction when the patient resumes spontaneous ventilation.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Joseph D. Tobias
Chairman Dept. of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Nationwide Children's Hospital