Tongue Edema Caused by Intubation Tube in Intensive Care Unit Patients

Selcuk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tongue Enlarged; Tongue Edema; Mechanical Ventilation Complication; Intubation Complication

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Measuring tongue cross-sectional area by submental ultrasonography

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05249738

02.10.2019-241

Details and patient eligibility

About

Tongue edema (TE) is an enlargement of the tongue that can be noticed with the naked eye and protrudes from the mouth. Endotracheal intubation tube, which can exert high pressure on the tongue for a long time, may cause TE. This study was aimed to detect TE, which may develop due to long-term pressure application of the intubation tube to the tongue, in patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) who underwent endotracheal intubation by submental ultrasonography (USG) method.

Full description

Tongue edema (TE) is an enlargement of the tongue that can be noticed with the naked eye and protrudes from the mouth. Endotracheal intubation tube, which can exert high pressure on the tongue for a long time, may cause TE. This study was aimed to detect TE, which may develop due to long-term pressure application of the intubation tube to the tongue, in patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) who underwent endotracheal intubation by submental ultrasonography (USG) method.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients aged between 18-65 years Patients who underwent endotracheal intubation and were admitted to the intensive care unit on the 0th day of intubation and patients who underwent endotracheal intubation during follow-up in the intensive care unit and were followed up on a mechanical ventilator -

Exclusion criteria

Patients under the age of 18 and over the age of 65 Patients who had a history of maxillofacial trauma, tongue surgery, head and neck malignancy, radiotherapy to the head and neck region, congenital anomalies of the tongue base and floor of the mouth Patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit due to allergy-anaphylaxis

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Study Group

Description:

Patients followed up with a mechanical ventilator for 4 days or longer were included in the study group.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Measuring tongue cross-sectional area by submental ultrasonography

Control Group

Description:

Patients followed up with mechanical ventilation for 3 days or less were included in the control group.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Measuring tongue cross-sectional area by submental ultrasonography