Verification of Endotracheal Tube Placement With Ultrasonography (USG)

Çukurova University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intubation

Treatments

Diagnostic Test: USG

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03081221

60-68

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to verification of Endotracheal Tube Placement with Ultrasonography (USG).

Full description

The purpose of this study is to verification of Endotracheal Tube Placement with Ultrasonography (USG). In this study, using of USG during verification will be compared with traditional method.

In traditional methods, after intubation, verification of endotracheal tube placement is done via to monitoring of thorax movement, checking of tube fogging, auscultation of lung and stomach, capnography and radiography.

In USG method, after intubation, verification of endotracheal tube placement is done via to using linear transducer. The probe will be placed transversely and longitudinally on the neck and in front of cricoid cartilage.

So, collected all data from two method will be compared.

Enrollment

64 patients

Sex

All

Ages

Under 18 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria