Ultrasound for Double Lumen Endotracheal Tube

424 General Military Hospital

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Lung Ultrasound

Treatments: Device: Determination of tube position by ultrasound.; Other: Determination of tube position by auscultation.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02556853

14074

Details and patient eligibility

About

The patients will be allocated to 2 groups: the ultrasound group and the clinical group. The correct position of the double lumen tube will be determined by ultrasound (Sonoscape S6®) for the patients of the one group (group U) and by clinical examination for the patients of the other group (group C). The correct placement will be verified by bronchoscopy (Pentax®). The two methods will be compared in terms of sensitivity and specificity. The main purpose of the study is to determine if the ultrasound can be used for determination of the correct placement of the left sided double lumen endotracheal tube

Enrollment: 5 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Surgery requiring placement of double-lumen endotracheal tube.
• ASA 1-3

Exclusion criteria

• History of difficult or impossible intubation.
• Clinical findings of possible difficult intubation according to the standard preoperative airway assessment.
• Impossible placement of a double lumen tube

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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5 participants in 2 patient groups

Ultrasound

Experimental group

Description:

Determination of correct placement of the double lumen tube by lung ultrasound.

Treatment:

Device: Determination of tube position by ultrasound.

Clinical

Active Comparator group

Description:

Determination of correct placement of the double lumen tube by clinical examination.

Treatment:

Other: Determination of tube position by auscultation.