Assessment of Endotracheal Tube Movements with Changes of Head Position

Assessment of Endotracheal Tube Movements with Changes of Head Position - Analysis of Endotracheal Tube Movement with Head Position Changes due to Protrusion or Retraction Positions

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000011368

Enrollment

Registered

2013-08-03

Start date

2012-11-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Adult patient with scheduled digestive tract surgery

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Subjects: Grade 1 or 2 Physical Status of the ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) of Adult Patients with Scheduled Digestive Tract Surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1)Conscious patients with limited cervical range of motion (2)Patients with prior history of cervical vertebrae surgery (3)Patients with a history of laryngopharynx or lung surgery with possible deformity or degeneration (4)Patients with many missing teeth causing unstable endotracheal tube fixation

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The distance of three sections from the upper incisor to the (i) carina; (ii) tracheal tube tip; and (iii) vocal cords were measured by bronchofiberscope and analyzed.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactNakagawa Kiyotaka

Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center Department of Anesthesia

matsudanak@yahoo.co.jp048-287-2525

Outcome results