Investigation of Pupillometry as Guide for Extubation Readiness in Anesthetized Children

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Laryngospasm on Emergence; Anesthesia

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Pupillometry

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04947397

20-32664

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigation of pupillometry as guide for extubation readiness in anesthetized children.

Full description

Can a pupil metric be used to make extubation more safe in anesthetized children?

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 10 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children undergoing general anesthesia and endotracheal intubation for surgery.
• American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Class I and II patients.

Exclusion criteria

• Central nervous system abnormality.
• Ophthalmologic abnormality.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1

No Intervention group

Description:

Traditional deep extubation at 1.5 minimum alveolar concentration (MAC)

Group 2

Experimental group

Description:

Deep extubation guided by pupillometry -- at \< 0.5 MAC of vapor + propofol and fentanyl

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Pupillometry