A comparison of two devices to measure the endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff pressure in intubated patients
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff pressure in intubated patientsNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN17981371
- Lead Sponsor
- The Third People's Hospital of Bengbu
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 104
Inclusion Criteria
1. Mechanical ventilation in patients with tracheal intubation
2. Age of patients =18 years
3. Mechanical ventilation time >48 hours
4. ETT from the same manufacturer, model 8#,7.5#, or 7#, and using high volume low-pressure cuff (HVLP)
5. informed consent of patients or family members , and willing to participate in this study
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with airway malformation, airway stenosis
2. Patients with trachea and esophagus leak or cuff leak
3. Patients with pulmonary infection before trachea cannula
4. Patients with tracheotomy
5. Patients being involved with other researchers
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ETT cuff pressure measured by nursing staff in the ICU every four hours using the devices under investigation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Air leakage of cuff (the difference between the pressure after the last cuff recharge and the next) measured every four hours<br> 2.The number of ventilator leakage alarms measured by checking the alarm records on the ventilators every four hours<br> 3. The number of patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) whilst in hospital measured using data from the hospital infection management department<br> 4. The compliance of bedside nurses to monitor and adjust ETT cuff pressure measured by analysis of daily bedside video<br>