NCT05249738

Tongue Edema Caused by Intubation Tube in Intensive Care Unit Patients

Detection of Tongue Edema Caused by Intubation Tube in Intensive Care Unit Patients by Ultrasonography

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Selcuk University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Tongue edema (TE) is an enlargement of the tongue that can be noticed with the naked eye and protrudes from the mouth. Endotracheal intubation tube, which can exert high pressure on the tongue for a long time, may cause TE. This study was aimed to detect TE, which may develop due to long-term pressure application of the intubation tube to the tongue, in patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) who underwent endotracheal intubation by submental ultrasonography (USG) method.

Detailed description

Tongue edema (TE) is an enlargement of the tongue that can be noticed with the naked eye and protrudes from the mouth. Endotracheal intubation tube, which can exert high pressure on the tongue for a long time, may cause TE. This study was aimed to detect TE, which may develop due to long-term pressure application of the intubation tube to the tongue, in patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) who underwent endotracheal intubation by submental ultrasonography (USG) method.

Conditions

• Tongue Edema
• Tongue Enlarged
• Mechanical Ventilation Complication
• Intubation Complication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Measuring tongue cross-sectional area by submental ultrasonography	The tongue cross-sectional areas of both groups were measured with submental ultrasonography to detect tongue edema.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-15
• Primary completion: 2020-03-01
• Completion: 2020-03-01
• First posted: 2022-02-22
• Last updated: 2022-02-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)