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Infrared Thermography for Assessment of Caudal Block in Children

NCT02907957 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 14

Last updated 2019-08-20

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Summary

Regional analgesia via caudal neuraxial blockade provides pain relief for pediatric patients following urological and lower extremity procedures. The injection of local anesthetic into the caudal epidural space causes a sensory loss. This sympathetic blockade in turn causes a vasodilation, or increased blood flow, to the lower extremities.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the FLIR ONE thermographic camera, a smartphone attachment which utilizes an application ("app") to measure the temperature at a site on an image of the lower extremity, will be able to differentiate between caudal, non-caudal, and failed caudal images.

Conditions

  • Anesthesia, Conduction

Interventions

DEVICE

FLIR ONE

Thermographic assessment of the lower extremities is obtained using the FLIR ONE smartphone camera and software.

PROCEDURE

Regional Anesthesia - Caudal Nerve Block

Nerve block placement as a pain management strategy indicated for certain urological and lower extremity surgeries.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Luis Sequera-Ramos, MD · Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-09-30
Primary Completion
2018-06-30
Completion
2018-06-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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