Flexible nasopharyngoscopy to assess the dislocation rate of airway exchange catheters in the post-operative-care-unit (PACU)
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- AnaesthesiaSurgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN96726807
- Lead Sponsor
- Inselspital, University Hospital Berne (Switzerland)
- Brief Summary
2019 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30971211 [added 12/04/2019]
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 182
Inclusion Criteria
All patients (aged greater than 18 years, either sex) entering the PACU with an oral or nasal airway exchange catheter will be included in the observational study. After they regained full consciousness, they will be asked whether the obtained data may be used for publication (informed consent).
Exclusion Criteria
1. Refusal of post-intervention written informed consent
2. Aged less than 18 years
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Dislocation rates of nasally placed airway exchange catheters versus dislocation rates of orally placed airway exchange catheters. Definition of dislocation is visualised extra-tracheal position (oesophageal, pharyngeal, enoral) of the CAEC (flexible nasopharyngosopy).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method