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Accidental Removal of Breathing Tubes in Children: A Comparison of Nose and Mouth Placement in Intensive Care

Incidence Of Unplanned Extubation In Nasotracheal vs Orotracheal Intubation In a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit : An Open Labelled Randomized Controlled Trial - UENOIP

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/11/097384
Enrollment
202
Registered
2025-11-13
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-11-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: J960- Acute respiratory failure

Interventions

Intervention1: Nasotracheal Intubation: Nasotracheal intubation is a method of placing a breathing tube through the nose instead of the mouth to help a sick child breathe, especially in the ICU. One o

Sponsors

AIIMS RAIPUR
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children aged 3 month to 14 years admitted in PICU, intubated at any point of time during the PICU stay.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Known bleeding disorder, Raised intracranial pressure, Already tracheostomized patient, Structural malformation,Nasal trauma, Already intubatedmore than 24 hours at the time of admission to PICU, Consent denial

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To compare unplanned extubation rates between nasotracheal intubation group and orotracheal intubation groupTimepoint: 72 hours after successful extubation

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Number of attempts required for successful intubation in both groupsTimepoint: not applicable;Complications during intubationTimepoint: 10 minutes post intubation;Incidence of post extubation stridor in both groupsTimepoint: 72 hours post extubation;Duration of ventilated days in both groupsTimepoint: 48 hours after removing ventilator support;Incidence of Ventilator associated pneumonia between the two groupsTimepoint: Not applicable

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr MANAS RANJAN SAHOO

AIIMS RAIPUR

drmrsahoo@gmail.com7893230151

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026