NCT03740620

The Effect of Bevel Direction on the Pathway of the Nasotracheal Tube

The Effect of Bevel Direction on the Pathway of the Tracheal Tube in the Nasal Cavity During Nasotracheal Intubation: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (actual)
• Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In this study, the subjects are divided into two groups (group I: intervention group = the nasotracheal tube inserted with the bevel of the nasal tube facing the direction of the patient's head, and Group II: conventional group = the bevel of the tube toward the left side of the subject). After the endotracheal tube is introduced, a flexible endoscope is used to evaluate whether the tube is located below the inferior turbinate, i.e. in the lower pathway.

Detailed description

Primary outcome * incidence of tracheal tube passing through the lower pathway (beneath the inferior turbinate and immediately above the nasal floor of the nostril) Secondary outcome * intubation time * incidence of epistaxis * severity of bleeding * Resistance during Insertion of the tracheal tube

Conditions

• Epistaxis
• Intubation Complication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Bevel facing the cephalad direction of the patient	The bevel of the nasotracheal tube facing cephalad direction of the patient
PROCEDURE	Bevel facing leftward of the patient	The bevel of the nasotracheal tube facing the left side of the patient

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-14
• Primary completion: 2020-03-31
• Completion: 2020-03-31
• First posted: 2018-11-14
• Last updated: 2021-10-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea