The PAWS-COVID-19 (Pediatric AirWay complicationS COVID-19) Registry

Boston Children's Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Airway Management; COVID19

Treatments: Procedure: airway management during sedation or general anesthesia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04449042

IRB-P00035427

Details and patient eligibility

About

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted anesthesia care all over the world. There remains very little data on current practice patterns and patient outcomes, particularly in anesthetized children. This is a prospective observational, multi-center study to investigate airway management related outcomes in children undergoing anesthesia during this pandemic. The investigators will compare the incidence of complications (particularly hypoxemia) in patients with COVID-19 to those who are COVID-19 negative during airway management.

PAWS COVID-19 Registry https://is.gd/PEDICOVID19

Registration link https://is.gd/researchrequest

Enrollment: 14,835 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Undergoing an inpatient or outpatient procedure under general anesthesia with or without regional analgesia
• Undergoing a diagnostic procedure under sedation or general anesthesia
• Undergoing an urgent or emergent procedure performed during and outside of the regular operating room schedule hours.

Exclusion criteria

• Age > 18 years.
• Children admitted to the operating room already intubated
• Children who require tracheal intubation for life-threatening conditions in the emergency department, intensive care, or hospital ward.

Trial design

14,835 participants in 4 patient groups

COVID19 positive

Description:

a recently performed test which is positive for coronavirus infection

Treatment:

Procedure: airway management during sedation or general anesthesia

COVID19 negative

Description:

a recently performed test which is negative for coronavirus infection

Treatment:

Procedure: airway management during sedation or general anesthesia

COVID19 presumed positive

Description:

patients who do not have testing or who have negative testing but whose symptoms, history, physical exam, laboratory and imaging findings are consistent with infection with COVID19 and are treated as positive

Treatment:

Procedure: airway management during sedation or general anesthesia

COVID19 presumed negative

Description:

patients who do not have testing, but based on symptoms, history, physical exam, laboratory and imaging findings are deemed to be low risk for COVID19 infection and are treated as negative

Treatment:

Procedure: airway management during sedation or general anesthesia