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

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University Hospital Antwerp

Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium, 2650