NCT01502657

Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Tracheostomy

Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Tracheostomy in the ICU

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility and the safety of ultrasound guided percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy.

Detailed description

Percutaneous tracheostomy is commonly performed in critical care units when ventilatory weaning fails or when prolonged mechanical ventilation is required. Numerous complications have been described since the widespread use of Percutaneous Tracheostomy (PCT). Bronchoscopy-guided percutaneous tracheostomy was developed in this context. However, bronchoscopy cannot identify vascular structures and the thyroid gland in the neck, and therefore cannot prevent complications related to organ lesions in the neck. Several studies have demonstrated the value of ultrasound guidance in the neck before performing PCT. No studies have demonstrated the feasibility and the safety of ultrasound guidance for PCT. Ultrasound could improve the understanding of neck anatomy, prevents vascular puncture, and helps guide insertion of the tracheostomy tube.

Conditions

• Tracheostomy Hemorrhage
• Tracheostomy Complications
• Other Tracheostomy Complications

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Ultrasonography (EnVisor Philips Medical Systems)	Percutaneous tracheostomy is performed using the dilatational method with ultrasonography guidance;

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-09-01
• Primary completion: 2011-11-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2012-01-02
• Last updated: 2025-09-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France