Evaluation of the Gastric Tube Guide to Place Orogastric Tubes

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz151 enrolled

Overview

A randomized controlled prospective study of orogastric tube placement with the Gastric Tube Guide vs conventional placement.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

151

Conditions

Orogastric Tube Placement

Interventions

Gastric Tube GuideDEVICE

Conventional placementDEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 Years * No concurrent participation in another study * Capacity to consent * Present written informed consent of the research participant * Elective surgery in general anesthesia * Required orogastric intubation Exclusion Criteria: * Existing pregnancy * Emergency patients * Preexisting pathological findings in the mouth, pharynx or esophagus

Locations (1)

University Medical Center

Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Success

Overall Success after 180 seconds. Yes if a gastric tube was placed in time, no if not

Time frame: 180 seconds

Secondary Outcomes

Attempts

Number of attempts that were necessary to place a gastric tube within 180 seconds

Time frame: 180 seconds

Time

Total time needed for gastric tube placement in seconds

Time frame: 180 seconds

Complications

Complications such as Bleeding, tooth damage, malposition (Scale yes or no)

Time frame: 180 seconds

Postoperative comfort

Postoperative comfort is assessed using the postoperative section of the "core data set anaesthesia" from the German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

Time frame: 24 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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