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Effects of Tracheal Intubation on Ventilation With a Laryngeal Mask During Percutaneous Dilatation Tracheostomy

Completed
Conditions
Neurological Diseases, Heart or Respiratory Failure,
Sepsis, Trauma.
Registration Number
NCT00771784
Lead Sponsor
University of Padova
Brief Summary

The length of tracheal intubation may affect the subsequent ventilation with a laryngeal mask during percutaneous tracheostomy.

Detailed Description

Percutaneous tracheostomy is routinely performed while patients are being ventilated with a laryngeal mask. The efficacy of ventilation during tracheostomy may be affected by length of previous endotracheal intubation.

This is an observational and monocentric study aimed to evaluate the impact of length of endotracheal intubation on efficacy of lung ventilation with a laryngeal mask. Two groups of patients who have to undergo elective percutaneous tracheostomy after either a short or long endotracheal intubation will be enrolled.

Data on the correlational effects of the endotracheal tube on the integrity of laryngeal structures and on ventilation will be collected.

Statistical analyses will use standard tests to compare the two groups of patients.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  • age 18-80 years
  • mechanical ventilation
  • need of percutaneous tracheostomy
Exclusion Criteria
  • previous pathologies of upper airways or of oesophagus
  • risk of bleeding
  • need of FiO2 >70% and/or of PEEP >10 cm H2O
  • difficult insertion of laryngeal mask
  • impossibility of endoscopic visualization of the laryngeal structures

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Ventilatory parameters during percutaneous tracheostomyThirty minutes.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Scoring of laryngeal lesions, blood gas exchange, morbidity, mortality.Thirty minutes.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Intensive Care Unit, S. Anthony Hospital

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Padova, PD, Italy

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