The Depth of Endotracheal Tube Insertion

Gao Mei

Status: Completed

Conditions: Endotracheal Intubation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03878797

2019-SR-041

Details and patient eligibility

About

Virtual experiment : comparing the new method with conventional method of determining the depth of endotracheal intubation.

Full description

Effective airway management is the primary concern of the anesthesiologist. The conventional method of determining the insertion length of the endotracheal tube, 21 cm for women and 23 cm for men, shows a high incidence of endobronchial intubations in the analyzed population.The aim of this study is form a new and safe practice habit by passing the endotracheal tube with the balloon just 2 cm below the vocal cords during intubation.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who are scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with anatomical defects of the face, neck, or upper airway
• Patients at risk for pulmonary aspiration of gastric content