Efficiency of Ventilation During Conscious Sedation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Conscious Sedation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01287572

TASMC-10-YS-319-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pediatric patients admitted to the intensive care unit and requiring conscious sedation for minor surgical procedures are at risk to hypoventilate and retain CO2.

The rise in CO2 levels is not well described and unpredicted. In this study the investigators will monitor CO2 levels transcutaneously using SDMS (SenTec digital Monitoring System) a device recently approved for clinical use. The hypothesis is ventilation of patients undergoing conscious sedation is compromised and CO2 levels might rise significantly to levels that potentially can effect hemodynamics.

In order to avoid hemodynamic changes proper and routine monitoring is recommended.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• pediatric patirnts 0- 18 years admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit
• patients requiring minor surgical procedures (e.g. bronchoscopy, central venous line placement, lumbar puncture, intracranial pressure monitoring device insertion)

Exclusion criteria

• skin disease
• burns to thorax

Trial design

80 participants in 1 patient group

Conscious sedation group

Description:

Pediatric patients 0 to 18 years requiring conscious sedation for procedures done in the pediatric ICU excluding burned patients or patients with severe eczema or other skin disease.