Confirmation of Nasogastric Tube Placement Via Ultrasonography

Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Nasogastric Tube Intubation

Treatments: Other: Ultrasonography

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00941772

2008017

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine if ultrasonography is an adequate means for confirmation of nasogastric tube placement and that ultrasonography is more time efficient than radiography confirming nasogastric tube placement.

Full description

Our current nasogastric tube placement protocol requires confirmation of nasogastric tube placement with plain radiography. Obtaining a plane radiograph in the emergency department can be time consuming and exposes the patient to radiation. Ultrasound is readily available to our physicians and does not expose patients to radiation.

Confirmation of nasogastric tube placement by ultrasonography may provide a faster means of confirmation and expose patients to less radiation.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male or Female Patients 18 years of age or older.
• Patients in the emergency department at Oklahoma State University Medical Center that require NG intubation with radiography confirmation.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients under the age of 18 years of age.
• Patients that are prisoners of the State or Government.
• Patient is pregnant.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)