Clinical trials: Microaspiration
Respiratory Aspiration
The Influence of Endotracheal Tube Design on Fluid Leakage Into the Lungs During Surgery
Surgical patients have an endotracheal tube inserted into their windpipe to help them breathe while under general anesthesia. These tubes have a "cuff" on the outside that is inflated in the trachea to help prevent fluids from…
- Trial name
- NCT01539135
- Testing
- Methylene Blue
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic - MITG
Secretion Removal Above ETT Cuff
Evaluation of Above the Cuff Suctioning During General Anesthesia
The aim of this prospective, randomized, pilot study is compare ease of tracheal intubation, amount of microaspiration and efficacy of secretion removal using three FDA (Food and Drug Administration)-cleared endotracheal tubes…
- Trial name
- NCT01386879
- Testing
- methylene blue
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University