Is Ultrasound Comparable to Chest X-ray in Verification of Intensive Care Patients Enteral Feeding Tube Positioning.

Recruiting

• Conditions: Intensive Care Patient

• Registration Number: NCT06000384
• Lead Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

The goal of this observational study is to investigate methodological if ultrasound is comparable to chest X-ray in verification of intensive care patients enteral feeding tube positioning.

The main question to answer is: Is ultrasound a comparable method to chest X-ray in verification of intensive care patients enteral feeding tube positioning.

Detailed Description

In Norway, around 4000 patients are yearly in need of ventilator, and many of them will need enteral nutrition through a feeding tube. 40 % of all intensive care patients have signs of malnutrition. If ultrasound is a comparable method to chest X-ray in verification of intensive care patients enteral feeding tube positioning, then enteral nutrition in many cases can be started several hours earlier than using chest X-ray verification. The ultrasound examination will be performed in a research based in a 4-step approach. In this project 20-30 intensive care patients prescribed by a medical physician to have an enteral feeding tube will be included in the project due to written informed consent by 1) Awake intensive care patient or by 2) Patients informal caregiver if the patient is not competent to consent.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-08-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-08-14
• Study First Posted: 2023-08-21
• Study Start: 2023-09-15
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-09
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-13
• Primary Completion: 2024-04-15
• Study Completion: 2028-11-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• Intensive care patient prescribed by a medical physician to have an enteral feeding tube

Exclusion Criteria

• <18 years

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measuring enteral tube position both by standard chest X-ray and ultrasound	maximum five minutes for each method	Ultrasound measure by a research based 4-step approach

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Lillehammer sykehus, Sykehuset Innlandet; 🇳🇴 Lillehammer, Innlandet, Norway