Accuracy of Using the CPAP Technique to Eliminate Air Leak and Prevent Excessive Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressures

Completed

Conditions studied: Surgical Patients Intubated With Cuffed ETT

In brief

In common clinical practice, one means of ensuring an acceptable cuff pressure in endotracheal tubes (ETT) is to hold continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) of 20-25 cmH2O and inflate the cuff of the ETT until no gas leak is noted around the cuff. The purpose of this study is to validate this technique by checking the intracuff pressure using a manometer after the cuff is inflated using the CPAP technique.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01384318

Run by

Nationwide Children's Hospital

People needed

200

Starts

2011-06-01

Expected to finish

2012-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-11-30

Who can join

Age: any, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Having a cuffed ETT placed per treating anesthesiologist
• < 18 yrs of age.

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• Nationwide Children's Hospital — Columbus, Ohio, United States

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