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Flexible nasopharyngoscopy to assess the dislocation rate of airway exchange catheters in the post-operative-care-unit (PACU)

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Anaesthesia
Surgery
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
NameTimeMethod
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
NameTimeMethod
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