Infrared Thermography for Assessment of Caudal Block in Children
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Anesthesia, Conduction
In brief
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.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02907957
- Run by
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
- People needed
- 14
- Starts
- 2016-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-06-28
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-08-20
Who can join
Age: 1 and older, up to 5. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Children from 6mos to 5 years of age requiring general anesthesia and a caudal block for a surgical procedure
You may not qualify if…
- Patients with preexisting conditions that could affect the skin temperature on the lower extremities such as infection, edema, vascular disorder, etc.
- American Society of Anesthesiologists comorbidity ranking of 4 or greater
- Patient with contraindications for a caudal block such as: history of allergic, reactions to local anesthetics, coagulopathy, infection at the injection site, spinal abnormality, peripheral neurological disease, Raynaud's disease
Where it is running
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital — Chicago, Illinois, United States
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