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Facilitation of NGT Insertion

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Nasogasrtic Tube Insertion
Interventions
Procedure: Digital facilitation
Registration Number
NCT02764632
Lead Sponsor
Mansoura University
Brief Summary

Insertion of a nasogastric tube (NGT) in anesthetized patients can be a disappointing experience. Many techniques have been explained to improve success rate along with increasing safety, such as forward displacement of the larynx, tube rigidity improvement methods, pushing it down directly through pharynx or using a guide tube. Failure of insertion under general anesthesia reached 50% in some publications

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
150
Inclusion Criteria
  • all surgicl patients needing NGT insertion
Exclusion Criteria
  • refusal coagulopathy ASA more than 2

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Didgital groupDigital facilitationAfter induction of anesthesia, and after ensuring muscle relaxation, NGT will be inserted through the selected nostril and advanced for 12 cm then the NGT was advanced according to study group advancing. In control group; NGT was inserted with patient head flexed. In D group, after feeling the NGT in pharynx, with the head in neutral position,the index finger was used to support the NGT with slight direction towards the left side. This will prevent tube kinking at this point in front of the resistance offered by the inflated tube cuff or arytenoids cartilage. Also, this digital support reinforces the tube at the area weakened by its openings
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
NGT insertion success rateintraoperative
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mansoura university

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Mansoura, Dkahleya, Egypt

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