To compare the success rate of feeding tube insertion in anesthetized patients by 3 different methods
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and SurgicalHealth Condition 2: 2- Placement
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/06/054368
- Lead Sponsor
- Kasturba Medical College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Age 18-70 years
American Society of Anesthesiologists – physical status (ASA-PS) class 1 and 2 patients
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients with Head trauma
2. Nasal mass
3. Significant deviated nasal septum
4. Cleft lip & cleft palate
5. History of laryngeal surgery
6. Base of skull lesion
7. History of corrosive poisoning
8. Esophageal pathology
9. Recent radiotherapy to the neck
10. BMI >40 kg/m2
11.Unstable cervical spine
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare success rates of C Mac assisted NGT insertion & Reverse Sellicks method assisted NGT insertion in anaesthetized intubated patients with the conventional blind technique of NGT insertionTimepoint: Compare the success rates between the three methods by observing first insertion success at baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Compare the complication rates between the methods <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Identify the different complications & their rates between the three methods at baseline;Compare the time required for insertion of NGT by the three different methods of NGT insertion <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Time taken from insertion till confirmation of gurgling sounds over stomach with 20 ml of air at baseline