The Relationship Between Patients' Head Position and ETT Intracuff Pressure

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patients Undergoing ENT Surgery With Cuffed ETT

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01851317

IRB13-00243

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed to investigate the relationship between patients' position and endotracheal tube intracuff pressure in the pediatric population.

Full description

There are currently no data in the literature as to the effect of changes in head position on CP. As the cuff is located in the patients' trachea, the shape of the patents' trachea may be change depending on the position of the patient's head and therefore, the CP may also change. If the intracuff pressure will increase as the patient's head is moved into a flexed or extended position, these patients may be at risk for tracheal damage. The investigators will prospectively evaluate the relationship between the patient's head position and CP in patients undergoing otolaryngological surgery.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age less than 18 years
• Undergoing otolaryngological surgery with endotracheal intubation

Exclusion criteria

• Patient who is intubated with an uncuffed endotracheal tube
• Patients who have a limitation for movement of the neck or concerns of the stability of the cervical spine

Trial design

200 participants in 1 patient group

Intracuff pressure

Description:

Procedure/Surgery: Cuffed endotracheal tube