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Chest Pressure for Intubated Peds Patients

NCT02615834 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2020-03-25

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Summary

We previously showed that a gentle chest pressure technique could be used on children over a year old to generate around 20% of the volume of air inhaled or exhaled in a single normal breath (also known as tidal volume). This showed that a non-invasive method could be used to provide a temporary means of artificial breathing, meaning that invasive procedures, such as putting in a breathing tube, could be avoided. What our results did not tell us, however, is how much oxygen can get to peripheral tissues (e.g., arms, legs) with this method. In this study, we want to compare two groups of children. All children will have a breathing tube; one group will have gentle chest pressure performed on them to see if oxygen saturations can be maintained above 90%. The other group will receive no chest pressure. We will see how long it takes for oxygen levels in both groups to drop to 90%, at which point, the patient will be ventilated mechanically.

Conditions

  • Noninvasive Ventilation

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Gentle chest pressure

Gentle pressure on the patient's right chest will be applied to achieve 12 breaths per minute.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Year
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-05-01
Primary Completion
2017-10-19
Completion
2017-10-19

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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