NCT01373437

Ultrasonography in Confirming Proper Position of Endotracheal Tube

Ultrasonography in Confirming Proper Position of Endotracheal Tube in Emergency Department at Siriraj Hospital: Applicability and Accuracy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mahidol University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the applicability of using ultrasonography in confirmation of the position of the endotracheal tube (ETT) after intubated to patients.

Detailed description

To assess the applicability of using ultrasonography as compared to routine portable CXR in confirmation of ETT position. To determine the accuracy of ultrasonography in measuring the depth of ETT as compare to standard CXR method.

Conditions

• Endotracheal Tube Wrongly Placed During Anesthetic Procedure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Ultrasonography (Sonosite )	Sonosite MICROMAXXTM with linear probe L38e/10-5 MHz

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-09-01
• Primary completion: 2010-12-01
• Completion: 2010-12-01
• First posted: 2011-06-15
• Last updated: 2011-06-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand