Impact of Using a Cuffed Endotracheal Tube on Limiting the Risk of Airway Fire

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Adenotonsillectomy; Adenoidectomy; Tonsillectomy

Treatments: Other: Uncuffed ETT; Other: Cuffed ETT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01285804

IRB10-00487

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of using a cuffed endotracheal tube (ETT) on the oxygen concentration in the oropharynx during adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, or adenotonsillectomy. The study hypothesis is that inflation of the cuff on the ETT will eliminate contamination of the oropharynx with the inspired anesthetic gases and decrease the oxygen concentration in the oropharynx.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, or adenotonsillectomy.

Exclusion criteria

• Airway anomalies or cardiac conditions that have the potential for a complicated anesthesia induction.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Cuffed ETT

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Cuffed ETT

Uncuffed ETT

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Uncuffed ETT