Is Ultrasound Comparable to Chest X-ray in Verification of Intensive Care Patients Enteral Feeding Tube Positioning.

NCT ID: NCT06000384

Last Updated: 2025-08-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 15 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-09-26
• Study Completion Date: 2024-02-27

Brief Summary

The goal of this observational study is to investigate methodological if ultrasound is comparable to chest X-ray in verification of intensive care patients enteral feeding tube positioning.

The main question to answer is: Is ultrasound a comparable method to chest X-ray in verification of intensive care patients enteral feeding tube positioning.

Detailed Description

In Norway, around 4000 patients are yearly in need of ventilator, and many of them will need enteral nutrition through a feeding tube. 40 % of all intensive care patients have signs of malnutrition. If ultrasound is a comparable method to chest X-ray in verification of intensive care patients enteral feeding tube positioning, then enteral nutrition in many cases can be started several hours earlier than using chest X-ray verification. The ultrasound examination will be performed in a research based in a 4-step approach. In this project 20-30 intensive care patients prescribed by a medical physician to have an enteral feeding tube will be included in the project due to written informed consent by 1) Awake intensive care patient or by 2) Patients informal caregiver if the patient is not competent to consent.

Conditions

Intensive Care Patient

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Intensive care patient prescribed by a medical physician to have an enteral feeding tube

Exclusion Criteria

• <18 years

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Irene Lie, Professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU.

Locations

Lillehammer sykehus, Sykehuset Innlandet

Lillehammer, Innlandet, Norway

Countries

Norway

Other Identifiers

590270

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id