Removing Fluid Above Breathing Tubes in the Operating Room

Completed

Conditions studied: Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated

In brief

In this study, subjects meeting criteria will be enrolled and randomized to one of two different suctioning schemes, either continuous or intermittent. Accumulated secretions will be collected above the cuff on the breathing tube by one of the two methods depending on which group the subject is randomized into. Secretions will continue to be collected at predetermined periods of time for the duration of surgery in order to characterize the pH and volume as well as the micro-organism content.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01110109

Run by

Medtronic - MITG

People needed

48

Starts

2010-04-01

Expected to finish

2010-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-10-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Surgery to be performed with expected time between tracheal intubation and extubation of at least two hours, but no longer than 12 hours
• Intubation planned with TaperGuard EVAC Endotracheal Tube
• Age of 18 or older
• Ability to provide informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of tracheostomy
• Pregnancy

Where it is running

• Tulane University Hospital — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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