Spirometry in Esophageal Intubation

University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Esophageal Intubation

Treatments: Other: ventilation after intubation with special tube; Other: tracheal ventilation with regular tube

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01080508

Lazarus 001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary objective of the study is to describe the pressure patterns during esophageal and tracheal ventilation and to validate the diagnostic algorithm.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients, requiring total anesthesia for a surgical procedure where the use of the easytube could be indicated.

Exclusion criteria

• ASA III
• Expected difficulty for oral intubation.
• Expected operation time >3 hours

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

group 1

Description:

asa 1\&2 patients

Treatment:

Other: tracheal ventilation with regular tube

group 2

Description:

asa 1\&2 patients

Treatment:

Other: ventilation after intubation with special tube