Endotracheal Tube (ETT) Cuff Pressure Study in the Emergency Department (ED)

Edward Ferenczy

Status: Completed

Conditions: Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure Pediatric Emergency

Treatments: Device: Cuffed ETT

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02160522

IRB14-00215

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our study will measure the pressure of the endotracheal tube cuff in intubated patients in the emergency department.

Full description

Although manometers are available for the purpose of measuring ETT intra-cuff pressures, they are not currently in use at our institution's Emergency Department. This prospective cohort study will endeavor to determine the incidence of unacceptably high ETT cuff pressures in the ED, laying the foundation for follow up studies on patient outcomes and the potential need for more careful management of intra-cuff pressures in the ED.

Enrollment: 104 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• cuffed ETT in place on arrival in the ED
• cuffed ETT placed while in the ED

Exclusion criteria

• ETT cuff electively left deflated by practitioner
• Uncuffed ETT used

Trial design

104 participants in 1 patient group

Cuffed ETT

Description:

Patients that are intubated with a cuffed endotracheal tube.

Treatment:

Device: Cuffed ETT