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Thermosoftening of Double-lumen Tube for Airway Exchanger Catheter

Not Applicable
Conditions
Intubation Complication
Hoarseness
Sore Throat
Interventions
Procedure: thermosoftening
Procedure: non-thermosoftening
Registration Number
NCT03846713
Lead Sponsor
Seoul National University Hospital
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of double-lumen tube thermal-softening before intubation on the success rate of tube exchange by airway exchange catheter.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
102
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients undergoing thoracic surgery that requires bronchoscopy study before the placement of double-lumen tubes
Exclusion Criteria
  • Preoperative hoarseness or a sore throat
  • History of upper airway diseases
  • Anticipated difficult airway

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
thermosofteningthermosofteningDouble-lumen tube is put into a bottle of warm normal saline (40°C) before intubation.
non-thermosofteningnon-thermosofteningDouble-lumen tube is put into a bottle of normal saline at room temperature (25°C) before intubation.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to intubateIntraoperative (During exchanging single- to double-lumen tube)

Length of time to exchange endotracheal tube from single- to double-lumen tube using airway exchange catheter.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Vocal cord injuries assessed by videolaryngoscopeup to 1 hour after double-lumen tube extubation

vocal cord injuries observed after tube-exchange

Postoperative hoarseness (4-points scoring)up to 48 hours after surgery
postoperative sore throat (4-points scoring)up to 48 hours after surgery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Seoul National University Hospital

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

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