Orogastric Tube Placement
Conditions
Brief summary
A randomized controlled prospective study of orogastric tube placement with the Gastric Tube Guide vs conventional placement.
Interventions
DEVICEGastric Tube Guide
DEVICEConventional placement
Sponsors
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age ≥ 18 Years * No concurrent participation in another study * Capacity to consent * Present written informed consent of the research participant * Elective surgery in general anesthesia * Required orogastric intubation
Exclusion criteria
* Existing pregnancy * Emergency patients * Preexisting pathological findings in the mouth, pharynx or esophagus
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Success | 180 seconds | Overall Success after 180 seconds. Yes if a gastric tube was placed in time, no if not |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Attempts | 180 seconds | Number of attempts that were necessary to place a gastric tube within 180 seconds |
| Time | 180 seconds | Total time needed for gastric tube placement in seconds |
| Complications | 180 seconds | Complications such as Bleeding, tooth damage, malposition (Scale yes or no) |
| Postoperative comfort | 24 hours | Postoperative comfort is assessed using the postoperative section of the core data set anaesthesia from the German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed