Does the Use of a Moisture Chamber Decrease the Incidence of Corneal Abrasions in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients?

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Conditions studied: Eye Injuries, Critically Ill

In brief

The purpose of this study is to identify the incidence of scratches on the surface of the eye in children who cannot blink due to medication use and to identify how best to reduce the risk of a scratch on the surface of the eye when patients are using specific medicines.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00129077

Run by

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

People needed

207

Starts

2004-03-01

Expected to finish

2006-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2007-07-10

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age greater than 42 weeks post-conceptual age and less than 18 years
• Anticipated need for neuromuscular blockade therapy for at least 24 hours

You may not qualify if…

• Use of continuous neuromuscular blockade therapy for more than 36 hours (early intervention study)
• Past medical history of abnormal blink reflex or incomplete lid closure
• History of daily eye drop use
• Facial trauma
• Alteration in periorbital skin integrity prohibiting eyelid closure or effective creation of a moisture chamber
• Known allergy to eye lubricant

Where it is running

• Children's Memorial Hospital — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Children's Hospital Boston — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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