Role of Point of Care Ultrasound in Endotracheal Tube Placement

Sherief Abd-Elsalam

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Endotracheal Tube Wrongly Placed During Anesthetic Procedure

Treatments: Device: Point of care Ultrasound

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04216199

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Role of point of care ultrasound in endotracheal tube placement in children

Full description

Role of point of care ultrasound in confirmation of endotracheal tube placement in children

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children below 18 years needing endotracheal intubation.

Exclusion criteria

• Age more than 18 years.
• Patients with significant neck or lung pathology.
• Patients with elective intubation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Point of care Ultrasound

Experimental group

Description:

Point of care Ultrasound for placement of endotracheal tube

Treatment:

Device: Point of care Ultrasound

Traditional

No Intervention group

Description:

Traditional method of insertion of endotracheal tube