Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) to Guide and Confirm Epidural Catheters in Pediatric Patients
Completed
Conditions studied: Epidural Space
In brief
The aim of this study is to assess whether transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) can be used to successfully guide an epidural catheter to a targeted thoracic level in pediatric patients. The catheter will be placed in the epidural space under real-time TEE imaging and assistance by a trained TEE operator (this could include an anesthesiologist or cardiologist).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02415998
- Run by
- Kenichi Ueda
- People needed
- 25
- Starts
- 2012-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-09-23
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-05-28
Who can join
Age: any, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- pediatric patients scheduled to undergo cardiothoracic surgery or interventional cardiology diagnostic procedures under general anesthesia. All subjects will also be scheduled to undergo post-operative chest x-ray as a routine part of their clinical care, so no additional exposure to ionizing radiation will occur due to this study.
You may not qualify if…
- patients with known esophageal abnormalities, lesions or disease that would disqualify the patient for the use of TEE as standard procedure. We will further exclude any patients that are solely undergoing TEE diagnostic procedures and only include patients that are already scheduled to undergo procedures where TEE is used as part of routine surgical preparation.
Where it is running
- University of Iowa Hosptials and Clinics — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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