Pressure Course in the Tube Cuff During Swallowing

University Hospital Freiburg

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intensive Care; Anesthesia

Treatments: Other: pressure measurement during swallowing

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00862797

273/07

Details and patient eligibility

About

Leakage of fluid from the subglottic space to the lungs occurs along the longitudinal folds within the wall of endotracheal tube (ETT) cuffs. In this project the researchers investigate the possible effect of swallowing on the pressure course in the ETT cuff.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age over 18 years
• general anaesthesia or intensive care medicine treatment

Exclusion criteria

• refusal of written informed consent

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

endotracheal tube

Description:

Patients intubated with cuffed endotracheal tubes

Treatment:

Other: pressure measurement during swallowing