Alarms Due to Loss of Signal Integrity in Partially Wireless Versus Traditional Pulse Oximetry in Pediatric Patients

Completed

Conditions studied: Healthy

In brief

This research study will help the investigators to learn more about a device used when children are sick called a pulse oximeter. The pulse oximeter measures how much oxygen is inside a child's blood without taking blood from the child. It is non-invasive meaning it does not enter the body. The device has a cable attached to it. At the end of the cable is a wrap that looks like a Band-Aid with a red light on it. This wrap is placed around a finger or toe. The red light gives the investigators a reading of how much oxygen is in the child's blood and the child's heart rate. Having a pulse oximeter connected to a child is painless. This device is used in many places. Besides hospitals, it is used in doctors' offices and in fitness centers. This study will help the investigators learn more about whether a partially wireless, more portable pulse oximeter that connects to a small device worn on the child's arm or leg will give the investigators a more reliable signal/reading while letting children move more easily. The investigators will compare this device with the traditional wall-connected unit. Movement of the cable or a child moving may give a false oxygen reading. The investigators will ask the child to do activities that create movement and will look at the readings when the child moves. The investigators think the partially wireless pulse oximeter will be more reliable during movement than the traditional wall-connected unit. Subjects will have two continuous pulse oximeter probes placed on them. These soft probes will go on a finger, toe, foot or hand and will be attached to two different pulse oximeter monitors. The child will then be asked to do common childhood activities based on their age for about 20 minutes. These activities will be play activities the child already does such as grabbing a toy, drawing with crayons or kicking a ball. Continuous pulse oximetry data will be recorded during the testing and will be stored in a way that it cannot be linked to the subject after the testing is complete.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03187665

Run by

Pamela Petersen

People needed

36

Starts

2017-07-26

Expected to finish

2017-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-11-24

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy subjects between the ages of 6 months and 17 years at the time of data acquisition.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects will be excluded if they have any pre-existing cardiac or pulmonary chronic medical diagnoses as determined by asking the subject's guardian.

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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