CompletedNot Applicable

Airway Deadspace in Children: Air-Q Versus Endotracheal Tube

United States62 participantsStarted 2019-03-25

Plain-language summary

The objective of this study will be to measure the airway deadspace associated with use of appropriately sized an AirQ, a commonly used supraglottic airway in young children weighing between 5 and 20 kg and compare that to the airway deadspace associated with use of an endotracheal tube (ETT) in similarly sized children undergoing controlled ventilation.

Who can participate

Age range3 Months – 6 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients between the ages of 3 months and 6 years of age weighing between 5 and 20 kg * Patient presenting outpatient urologic or general surgery Exclusion Criteria: * History of difficult airway/intubation * Patients suspected to have a difficult airway. * Morbid obesity BMI \>39 * Emergency status of surgery * Patients exposed to second hand smoke * Patients with Asthma * Patients with a URI symptom such as nasal drainage, cough, or fever within 7 days of the date of surgery * History of Prematurity

What they're measuring

Mean Value of Airway Dead Space

Timeframe: 10 minutes

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03785977

SponsorWake Forest University Health Sciences

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2019-08-09

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