NCT01888679

Influence of Head Positioning on the Movement of the Endotracheal Tube

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Lausanne Hospitals · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and measure the movement of the endotracheal tube depending on the type and the amount of movement of the head of the patient intubated using a flexible fiberoptic.

Detailed description

We performed a maximal head-neck movement trial on 50 adult patients, American Society of Anaesthesiologists 1 or 2. Patients with body mass index N35 kg · m-2, height b150 cm, airway malformations, pulmonary diseases, difficulties in neck flexion or extension, previous ENT surgery or radiotherapy, gastroesophageal reflux, or dental instability were excluded from the study. We measured the change in distance between the ETT tip and the carina, using a fiberscope through the ETT.

Conditions

• Other Conditions That May Be A Focus of Clinical Attention

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Head movement	Head movement in extension, flexion, right and left rotation

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-08-01
• Primary completion: 2013-03-01
• Completion: 2013-03-01
• First posted: 2013-06-28
• Last updated: 2020-03-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland