NCT01384318

Accuracy of Using the CPAP Technique to Eliminate Air Leak and Prevent Excessive Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressures

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 200 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In common clinical practice, one means of ensuring an acceptable cuff pressure in endotracheal tubes (ETT) is to hold continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) of 20-25 cmH2O and inflate the cuff of the ETT until no gas leak is noted around the cuff. The purpose of this study is to validate this technique by checking the intracuff pressure using a manometer after the cuff is inflated using the CPAP technique.

Conditions

• Surgical Patients Intubated With Cuffed ETT

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Manometer	Measuring cuff pressure

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-06-01
• Primary completion: 2012-05-01
• Completion: 2012-05-01
• First posted: 2011-06-29
• Last updated: 2012-11-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States