Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03878797
The Depth of Endotracheal Tube Insertion
An Observational Study of The Depth of Endotracheal Tube Insertion
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 200 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Gao Mei · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Virtual experiment : comparing the new method with conventional method of determining the depth of endotracheal intubation.
Detailed description
Effective airway management is the primary concern of the anesthesiologist. The conventional method of determining the insertion length of the endotracheal tube, 21 cm for women and 23 cm for men, shows a high incidence of endobronchial intubations in the analyzed population.The aim of this study is form a new and safe practice habit by passing the endotracheal tube with the balloon just 2 cm below the vocal cords during intubation.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-05-20
- Primary completion
- 2019-12-26
- Completion
- 2019-12-26
- First posted
- 2019-03-18
- Last updated
- 2020-01-18
Locations
1 site across 1 country: China
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03878797. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.