Effects of Sternal Wall Pressure in Children

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
• Main ID: NCT00628407
• Date of registration: 26/02/2008
• Primary sponsor: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Public title: Effects of Sternal Wall Pressure in Children SWP
• Scientific title: Effect of Gentle Sternal Chest Wall Pressure on Intrathoracic Pressure During Mechanical Ventilation in Children.
• Date of first enrolment: January 2007
• Target sample size: 13
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00628407
• Study type: Observational
• Study design: Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective

Countries of recruitment

United States

Contacts

• Name: Vinay Nadkarni, MD
• Affiliation: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 6 months to < 8 years.

- Weight greater than 4.8 kg.

- Hemodynamically stable (defined by the Pediatric Critical Care Team,
Anesthesiologists and Surgeons)

- Volume Limited Ventilation Mode on Conventional Mechanical Ventilator

- Vascular catheters in place (for at least 10 subjects)

- Parental/guardian permission (informed consent) and if appropriate, child assent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with contraindication to gentle, direct chest wall pressure (e.g. fresh
sternotomy, recent chest wall surgery, chest tube in place)



Age minimum: 6 Months
Age maximum: 7 Years
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Respiration, Artificial

Primary Outcome(s)

Sternal Force Associated With Change in Intrathoracic Pressure. [Time Frame: per case]

Secondary ID(s)

2006-10-5023

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Laerdal Medical