Clinical trials: Airway Ultrasonography
Tracheostomy Complication
Assessing Upper Airway Patency in Tracheostomy Patients During One Way Speaking Valve Trial
Approximately 24% of ICU patients require the use of a tracheostomy, which impacts vocalization. A one-way speaking valve (SV) can be used to restore vocalization for this patient population.
- Trial name
- NCT04685902
- Testing
- One-way speaking valve
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Anesthesia General, Ultrasonography
Comparison of Two Airway Devices (I-Gel and Air-Q) in Children Aged 1-10 Years During General Anesthesia
This study aims to compare two commonly used airway devices (I-gel and Air-Q) in children aged 1-10 years undergoing general anesthesia for surgery.
- Conditions
- Anesthesia General, Ultrasonography, Laryngeal Mask Airways, Airway Management
- Trial name
- NCT07522957
- Testing
- I-gel supraglottic airway device, Air-Q SP supraglottic airway device
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Etlik City Hospital
Anesthesia, Airway Complication of Anesthesia
Two Neck Ultrasound Measurements as Predictors of Difficult Laryngoscopy
Background: Unpredictable laryngoscopic difficulty remains a dramatic challenge for anaesthesiologists. Ultrasound (US) based airway assessment has been recently proposed as a useful tool in adjunct to clinical methods, but to…
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Airway Complication of Anesthesia, Difficult Intubation
- Trial name
- NCT03547193
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Università Politecnica delle Marche
Intubation; Difficult or Failed, Difficult Laryngoscopy
Evaluation of Difficult Laryngoscopy With Ultrasonography in Pediatric Patients
Pediatric patients pose challenges in airway management due to anatomical and physiological changes. Using recommended predictive tests for predicting difficult airway can be improved by combining them with ultrasound measurement…
- Trial name
- NCT05833347
- Testing
- Distance between Skin-Hyoid Bone(DSHB), Distance between Skin-Vocal Cord Anterior Commissura(DSAC), Distance between Skin-Epiglottic(DSE)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Difficult Airway
Ultrasound Airway Examination as a Tool for Detection of Difficult Intubation in Adult Patients
the goal of the observational study to measure the effectiveness of neck ultrasound in prediction of difficult intubation in adult patients
- Trial name
- NCT06700265
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute, Egypt
Residual Curarization
Residual Vocal Cords Curarization Correlation Between Clinical and Ultrasound Endpoints
Through recent studies residual curarization (RC) remains frequent but serious event, that could be easily avoided in the presence of a paraclinical monitoring and by antagonization of curares.
- Trial name
- NCT06283329
- Testing
- vocal cords echography
- Where
- Tunisia
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- General Administration of Military Health, Tunisia
Airway Management
Upper Airway Ultrasound Training Requirements
The applications of point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) of the upper airway are growing over the last decade. It's clinical applications include both diagnosis of upper airway pathology as well as pre-intubation airway…
- Trial name
- NCT05466409
- Testing
- Visualization of the hyoid bone, Visualization of vocal cords, Localization of thyrohyoid membrane
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ioannina
Anesthesia Intubation Complication, Infant
Evaluation of the Relationship Between Airway Measurements and Laryngoscopic View in Newborn and Infants
Background and Aim: The overall incidence of difficult laryngoscopy in pediatric anesthesia is lower than in adults, but this risk is higher in patients younger than one year of age.
- Conditions
- Anesthesia Intubation Complication, Infant, Newborn
- Trial name
- NCT03920748
- Testing
- Group D, Group E
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Children's Health and Diseases Hematology and Oncology Training and Research Hospital
Focus: Localizing the Cricothyroid Membrane Before Airway Management
Ultrasound Examination Versus Palpation to Locate the Cricothyroid Membrane
Anesthesiologists get a course on localizing the cricothyroid membrane on a human using ultrasonography. Thereafter their ability to localize the cricothyroid membrane with either palpation or ultrasonography, in a randomised…
- Trial name
- NCT01735760
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Difficult Intubation, Airway Assessment
Ultrasound-Based Airway Assessment for Predicting Difficult Intubation in Adult Female Patients
This prospective observational study aims to evaluate the ability of selected ultrasonographic airway measurements to predict difficult intubation in adult female patients undergoing elective surgery.
- Trial name
- USG-AIRWAY (NCT07343557)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Adana City Training and Research Hospital
Tracheostomy Techniques
Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Dilatation Tracheostomy: Does it Have a Role in Obese Patients?
To evaluate the usefulness of ultrasound-guided percutaneous dilatation tracheostomy PCT in obese patients.
- Trial name
- NCT03059654
- Testing
- tracheostomy
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Suez Canal University
Difficult Airway Intubation
Validity Of Ultrasound As Regards Correlation To Cormack-Lehane Grading In Obese Patients
Since the introduction of real-time ultrasound (US) capabilities, ultrasound technology has been adopted and incorporated into daily practice by many medical and surgical specialties.
- Trial name
- NCT04205331
- Testing
- Assessing validity of ultrasound as regards correlation to Cormack-Lehane grading in obese patients
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zagazig University
Tracheostomy Complication, Tracheostomy Hemorrhage
Ultrasound-guided Versus Landmark-guided Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy in Pediatric Patients
Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy is one of the most common procedures performed in pediatric intensive care units. The investigators aimed to compare traditional landmark-guided percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT)…
- Conditions
- Tracheostomy Complication, Tracheostomy Hemorrhage, Airway Trauma, Percutaneous Tracheostomy
- Trial name
- NCT05834972
- Testing
- Ultrasound-guided percutaneous dilatational tracheosyomy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aksaray University
Mechanical Ventilator Weaning, Predictive Value of Tests
ICU Predictive Score of WEaning Success in Patients At Risk of Extubation Failure
Observational study in two medical-surgical intensive care units of the Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital to develop a composite score for prediction of 72h-extubation failure in patients at risk of extubation failure.
- Conditions
- Mechanical Ventilator Weaning, Predictive Value of Tests, Ventilator Weaning, Airway Extubation
- Trial name
- I-SWEAR (NCT05114551)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Difficult Airway, Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Ultrasound to Predict a Pediatric Difficult Airway and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Children
This is a prospective study to see whether ultrasonography can predict difficult airway and/or predict obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in children.
- Trial name
- NCT02227134
- Testing
- Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Vidya Raman
Upper Airway Edema, Postextubation Stridor
Trendelenburg Angle and Upper Airway Ultrasound Findings in Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
This observational study was designed to evaluate whether the Trendelenburg position used during laparoscopic hysterectomy is associated with swelling of the upper airway.
- Conditions
- Upper Airway Edema, Postextubation Stridor, Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
- Trial name
- TAU-LH (NCT07794917)
- Testing
- Trendelenburg positioning during laparoscopic hysterectomy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Izmir City Hospital
Swimming Induced Pulmonary Edema (SIPE), Pulmonary Edema
O2 Versus CPAP Treatment Of Patients Undergoing SIPE Therapy (OCTOPUS)
In swimming induced pulmonary edema (SIPE), there is a lack of knowledge regarding optimal treatment. The present study was designed to assess the benefit of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) compared to oxygen as a…
- Conditions
- Swimming Induced Pulmonary Edema (SIPE), Pulmonary Edema, Lung Diseases
- Trial name
- OCTOPUS (NCT04307615)
- Testing
- Oxygen + continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), Oxygen
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Dalarna County Council, Sweden
Obesity & Overweight, Obesity Difficult Airway Airway Management
Predicting Difficult Intubation in Bariatric Surgery: Comparison of El Ganzouri Risk Index and Airway Ultrasound
This study is designed as a prospective observational study and will be conducted at the Health Sciences University Antalya Training and Research Hospital. Adult patients scheduled to undergo bariatric surgery will be included.
- Conditions
- Obesity & Overweight, Obesity Difficult Airway Airway Management, Obesity (Disorder), Difficult Airway
- Trial name
- NCT07316179
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Antalya Training and Research Hospital
Airway Edema, Perioperative Complication
Ultrasound Assessment of Airway Edema During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
This prospective, double-blind, randomized clinical trial aims to investigate the development of airway edema associated with intra-abdominal pressure during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
- Conditions
- Airway Edema, Perioperative Complication, Pneumoperitoneum
- Trial name
- NCT07021482
- Testing
- 10 mmHg Pneumoperitoneum, 14 mmHg Pneumoperitoneum
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- Engin Çetin
Paediatric Airway
Ultrasound Evaluation of Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) Placement in Pediatric Patients and Its Relationship to Postoperative Complications
This study was designed to improve understanding of some respiratory reactions that can occur after surgery, such as difficulty breathing or persistent cough.
- Trial name
- LMAUSPED (NCT06712732)
- Volunteers
- 340 people
- Sponsor
- University Of Perugia