Clinical trials

This study will examine whether training the anesthesia team in a loss-of-resistance syringe technique is associated with improved breathing-tube cuff pressure in adults having surgery at Kayseri City Hospital. The cuff is an inflatable seal around the breathing tube. Pressure that is too high or too low may cause problems. Approximately 180 adults will be observed during a two-week period before staff training and a two-week period after training. The treating clinical team will independently choose how to inflate each cuff as part of routine care; researchers will not assign patients to a technique. A researcher independent of the treating team will measure cuff pressure and will learn which technique was used only after the measurement. The main outcome is the percentage of patients whose first measured cuff pressure is within 20-30 cmH2O, compared between the periods before and after training. Pressures outside this range will be corrected for patient safety after the first measurement is recorded. Researchers will also record cuff leakage, the need for additional air, and sore throat after the breathing tube is removed, once the patient is awake and able to answer questions.