Verification of Endotracheal Tube Placement by Ultrasound in the Obese Patient

Bispebjerg Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intubation, Intratracheal; Obesity

Treatments: Device: Ultrasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01227486

disb-01-10

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether verification of correct tube placement after endotracheal intubation in the obese patient can be conducted as fast with ultrasound as with the conventional method of combined auscultation and capnography.

The investigators hypothesize that ultrasound is a faster method for verifying correct endotracheal tube placement in the obese patient than combined auscultation and capnography.

Full description

Both verification methods are conducted in all patients and patients act as their own control

Enrollment: 24 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Planned for bariatric surgery in general anaesthesia
• Planned for endotracheal intubation
• BMI above 30

Exclusion criteria

• Predicted difficult airway in the pre-anaesthesia airway evaluation.
• Unpredicted difficult airway during induction of anaesthesia where assistance is needed by the investigators.

Trial design

24 participants in 1 patient group

Obese patients for planned surgery and endotracheal intubation

Treatment:

Device: Ultrasound