Status:
COMPLETED
Pediatric Diaphragm Thickness Trial
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital, Antwerp
Conditions:
Child
Eligibility:
All Genders
28-13 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The evaluation of diaphragm function in ventilated patients is not easy. One option is to use esophageal pressure (Pes) measurements but recently, diaphragmatic ultrasound has proven itself as a usefu...
Detailed Description
The gold standard in evaluating lung mechanics is the esophageal pressure. And although diaphragm ultrasound has been reported to be feasible in assessing diaphragm activity in sedated patients, no st...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The patient must be scheduled for elective surgery where spontaneous breathing and physical access to the chest during surgery are feasible
- The patient must require general anaesthesia
- The parents are able to give informed consent for inclusion in the study
Exclusion
- The patient is mechanically ventilated before start of the study.
- The patient is not anticipated to breathe spontaneously for a substantial amount of time prior to emergence from anesthesia
- The patient is known or suspected to have an anatomical malformation or surgical correction of the diaphragm.
- The patient suffers from a disease that may impair diaphragmatic function:
- Central neural disease at the level of the brain (Stroke, Arnold-Chiari malformation) and spinal cord (quadriplegia, spinal muscular atrophy, syringomyelia).
- Neural disease of the phrenic nerve (Guillain-Barré syndrome, tumor compression).
- Disorders of the neuromuscular junction.
- Muscular diseases (muscular dystrophies, myositis (infectious, inflammatory, metabolic).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 11 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 30 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
16 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04882553
Start Date
June 11 2021
End Date
November 30 2021
Last Update
January 24 2022
Active Locations (1)
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University Hospital Antwerp
Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium, 2650