Verification of Endotracheal Tube Placement by Ultrasound in the Obese Patient
Completed
- Conditions
- Intubation, IntratrachealObesity
- Interventions
- Device: Ultrasound
- Registration Number
- NCT01227486
- Lead Sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether verification of correct tube placement after endotracheal intubation in the obese patient can be conducted as fast with ultrasound as with the conventional method of combined auscultation and capnography.
The investigators hypothesize that ultrasound is a faster method for verifying correct endotracheal tube placement in the obese patient than combined auscultation and capnography.
- Detailed Description
Both verification methods are conducted in all patients and patients act as their own control
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 24
Inclusion Criteria
- Planned for bariatric surgery in general anaesthesia
- Planned for endotracheal intubation
- BMI above 30
Exclusion Criteria
- Predicted difficult airway in the pre-anaesthesia airway evaluation.
- Unpredicted difficult airway during induction of anaesthesia where assistance is needed by the investigators.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Obese patients for planned surgery and endotracheal intubation Ultrasound -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in time to correct verification of endotracheal tube placement between ultrasound and combined auscultation and capnography 0 to 1 hour
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in time to correct verification of endotracheal tube placement between ultrasound and auscultation alone 0 to 1 hour
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Department of Anaesthesiology, Bariatric section. Copenhagen University Hospital Glostrup
🇩🇰Glostrup, Denmark