Utility of Tracheal Ultrasonography for the Confirmation of the Endotracheal Tube Placement

N/ACompletedNCT03220698

Marmara University360 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to compare tracheal ultrasound with direct visualization of tracheal rings for the confirmation of endotracheal tube placement in intubated patients. We hypothesize that this method is more reliable, cheap, and readily available for all emergency physicians.

Confirmation of the ETT placement has utmost importance in the management of airway in emergency medicine (EM). Visual examination of the tube (fogging), auscultation, chest x-ray, capnography, capnometry and fiberoptic bronchoscopy are the main tools used for confirmation with increasing diagnostic utilities. Recently, tracheal ultrasonography (US) was introduced as a reliable, cheap and readily available method of confirmation of ETT placement.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

360

Conditions

Intubation Complication

Interventions

Tracheal ultrasonographyDEVICE

Tracheal ultrasonography

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * adults (\>=18 years) * intubated in the ED * during the shifts of the researchers (TM, OFC). Exclusion Criteria: * anatomical, traumatic or tumoral defect(s) at the site of sonographic imaging

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Presence of endotracheal tube in trachea

Whether the endotracheal tube is in the trachea or not

Time frame: Immediately after the intubation process

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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