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Using Capnography to Reduce Hypoxia During Pediatric Sedation

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Yale University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Hypoventilation
Hypoxia

Treatments

Device: Nellcor NPB-70 Capnograph

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01463527
0904005003

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators hypothesize that the addition of capnography during moderate sedation will improve recognition of hypoventilation and apnea. This will lead to an increased frequency of staff interventions such as verbal or physical stimulation for these events in order to improve ventilation which will in turn lead to a reduction in the frequency of oxygen desaturations. If capnography proves to be effective in creating earlier detection and intervention for hypoventilation and apnea during moderate sedation provided by non-anesthesiologists, this device can be used in a variety of clinical settings to enhance patient safety.

Enrollment

167 patients

Sex

All

Ages

1 to 20 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Children 1-20 years old who require IV sedation in the Pediatric Emergency Department at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital

Exclusion criteria

  • Unable to tolerate nasal-oral cannula
  • Conditions that effect end-tidal carbon dioxide measurement (active asthma, diabetic ketoacidosis, severe dehydration or trauma)
  • Intubation

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

167 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Open Capnography
Experimental group
Treatment:
Device: Nellcor NPB-70 Capnograph
Capnography Blind
Placebo Comparator group
Treatment:
Device: Nellcor NPB-70 Capnograph

Trial contacts and locations

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