Ultrasound Study of the Airway to Predict Endotracheal Tube Size in Anesthetized Pediatric Patients

Siriraj Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pediatric General Anesthesia With Endotracheal Tube

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Ultrasound

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02321956

RAti-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether ultrasound study of the airway to predict endotracheal tube size in anesthetized pediatric patients better than the tube size formula

Full description

This study is to compare the methods of selecting uncuffed endotracheal tube size in pediatric patients between conventional age-based formula and ultrasound measurement of subglottic diameter.

Enrollment: 93 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 6 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 1-6 Years
• ASA class 1-2
• Elective Surgery
• GA with oral uncuff endotracheal tube

Exclusion criteria

• Potential difficult air way from history and physical exam
• Allergy ti ultrasound gel
• neck mass
• unstable vital sign

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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93 participants in 2 patient groups

Ultrasound

Experimental group

Description:

Using ultrasound measurement of the subglottic area to choose endotracheal tube size

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Ultrasound

Formula

No Intervention group

Description:

Using Cole's formula to choose endotracheal tube size