Tube Tip Position in Orally Intubated 0-4year Old Children: Assessment of the Precision of Two Clinical Techniques

NCT01156233 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UKBB_ANA_ TET
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 69
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In pediatric anesthesia it is very important to place the endotracheal tube into the right position. This study compares two clinical location methods. The hypothesis means that the two techniques have the same precision of the location of the tip position of a cuffed MICROCUFF (Kimberly-Clark)endotracheal tube.

Conditions

Intubation, Endotracheal

Keywords

evaluating precision of tube tip position with two methods

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Localisation and precision of the tip of the endotracheal tube (TET) in the trachea

  The study intends to determine the location and precision of the TET within the trachea that results from the use of two techniques. The measurements take place after the induction of the anesthesia and before surgery.

  10 minutes

Study Arms (2)

Cuff palpation technique

EXPERIMENTAL

Cuff palpation by the investigator's finger.

Procedure: Anesthesia induction

Withdrawing tube technique

EXPERIMENTAL

Identification of the tube by withdrawing until good quality breath sounds

Procedure: Anesthesia induction

Interventions

Anesthesia induction PROCEDURE

Cuff palpation technique: identification of the cuff position in the trachea by palpation.

Also known as: Pediatric endotracheal tube. Microcuff, Kimberly-Clark.

Cuff palpation technique

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 1 Day - 4 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Age 0-4 years
• ASA I-II
• requiring endotracheal tube for surgical/diagnostic procedures

You may not qualify if:

• patients with abnormal airway anatomy
• kyphoscoliosis
• syndromes known to affect airway anatomy

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Franz Frei: lead

Study Sites (1)

Universitätskinderspital beider Basel

Basel, Basel, 4005, Switzerland

Location

Study Officials

• Franz Frei, Professor

  University Childrens Hospital beider Basel Postfach CH 4005 Basel

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Prof. Dr. Franz Frei

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 30, 2010
• First Posted: July 2, 2010
• Study Start: May 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2011
• Study Completion: December 1, 2011
• Last Updated: February 12, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-02

Locations

CH (1)