Blind Gastric Tube Placement: Incidence of Malposition Confirmed by Ultrasonography
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Hospital |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 5/27/2018 |
| Start Date: | December 22, 2017 |
| End Date: | December 2019 |
| Contact: | Luis E Tollinche, MD |
| Email: | tollincl@mskcc.org |
| Phone: | 212-639-2884 |
This is a prospective, single-arm cohort, observational study to determine the incidence of
gastric tube malposition during blind insertion by an anesthesia provider.
gastric tube malposition during blind insertion by an anesthesia provider.
Inclusion Criteria:
- The adult population, ages 18 and greater
- Patients undergoing general anesthesia with an endotracheal tube that will have a
gastric tube blindly inserted by an anesthesia provider
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pediatric population (<18 years)
- Gastric tube inserted under direct visualizing (the use of a Mac or Miller
laryngoscope or any video laryngoscope)
- Inability to visualize gastric tube by ultrasound due to body habitus, analogous
anatomy, etc
- Pre-anesthesia insitu gastric tube
- Gastric tube inserted by practitioner other than a member of the anesthesia team
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1275 York Ave
New York, New York 10021
New York, New York 10021
(212) 639-2000
Phone: 212-639-2884
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