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Correlation of Nasopharyngeal (NP) and Lower Oesophageal (LO) Temperatures in Ventilated Children

NCT02201628 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 59

Last updated 2023-01-26

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Summary

Children lose heat under general anaesthesia, thus temperature is routinely monitored during anaesthesia for all but the shortest cases, and active warming can be used to prevent hypothermia and its resulting complications. Temperature can be measured at several sites dependent on the type of surgery and patient factors. Previously a temperature probe has been sited in the lower third of the oesophagus (swallowing tube) but it is difficult to accurately place this without an X-Ray. Consequently it is more common to use a temperature probe placed in the nasopharynx (where the nose and throat meet), when the child is anaesthetised.

However the investigators do not know if the temperature in the nasopharynx correlates well with the real core temperature or not.This prospective, unblinded, agreement study will seek to find an agreement of 2 methods to measure temperature in children undergoing general anaesthesia with a breathing tube that has a leak.

Conditions

  • Child

Interventions

DEVICE

Nasopharyngeal and oesophageal temperature probes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aarjan P Snoek, MBChB, FRCA · Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

  • Helen V Hume-Smith, MBBS, FRCA · Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

  • Emily Haberman, MBBS, FRCA · Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Months
Max Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-06-25
Primary Completion
2014-12-16
Completion
2014-12-16

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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