confirmation of feeding tube via ultrasound vs chest x-ray in icu patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/03/050169
- Lead Sponsor
- RAKESH NALLA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with age more than 18 years.
patients requiring enteral feed.
Exclusion Criteria
Pregnant women,
Patients having structural deformity or technical barrier for neck and sub xiphoid ultrasound.
Patients who do not wish to participate in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To confirm the placement of nasogastric tube in both views of ultrasound.Timepoint: less than 5 minutes
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method In comparison with the conventional chest x-ray, Nasogastric tube insertion can be used as an adjuvant method for confirmation of correct placementTimepoint: usg shows less than 5 minute in comparision with more than 45min for chest x-ray