Clinical trials: Pediatric Lung Ultrasound
Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Respiratory Failure
Use of Lung Ultrasound to Diagnose the Etiology of Respiratory Failure in a PICU.
The purpose of this study is to determine the utility of point-of-care lung ultrasound (POC-LUS) in identifying the etiology of acute respiratory failure in pediatric patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit.
- Trial name
- NCT03744169
- Testing
- Lung ultrasound, Clinical exam, Chest x-ray
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Atelectasis
Lung Recruitment Assessment With Lung Ultrasound In Pediatric Patient Scheduled For Laparoscopic Surgery
Anesthesia-induced atelectasis is a well-known entity observed in approximately 68-100% of pediatric patients undergoing general anesthesia.
- Trial name
- NCT02824146
- Testing
- Lung recruitment maneuver
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Privado de Comunidad de Mar del Plata
Exta Vascular Lung Water
Utility of Lung Ultrasonography As a Predictor of Fast Track Extubation
Fast-tracking in cardiac surgery refers to early extubation to reduce costs and perioperative morbidity. The use of lung ultrasound is recently accepted as a tool in the assessment of several lung conditions.
- Trial name
- NCT05317897
- Testing
- Lung ultrasound examination
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Kasr El Aini Hospital
Pneumonia, Pediatric Disorder
Standardization of Mid-Level Providers Using Point of Care Ultrasound to Diagnose Pediatric Pneumonia
The POCUS training program aims to bring sustainable, affordable access to POCUS to patients in need of diagnostic services in Uganda.
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Pediatric Disorder, Diagnostic and Monitoring Radiological Devices Associated With Adverse Incidents
- Trial name
- POCUS (NCT03969342)
- Testing
- Point of care ultrasound training
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bridge to Health Medical and Dental
Fasting, Delayed Gastric Emptying
Gastric Assessment of Pediatric Patients Undergoing Surgery
The goal of this pilot prospective cohort study is to examine the reproducibility of gastric volume and emptying as measured by gastric ultrasound and its correlation to a gold-standard test for gastric emptying in the…
- Conditions
- Fasting, Delayed Gastric Emptying, Aspiration Pneumonia, Respiratory Aspiration of Gastric Content
- Trial name
- NCT05674643
- Testing
- Gastric Ultrasound Baseline Scans, Acetaminophen Absorption Test (AAT), Gastric Ultrasound Serial Scans
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Atelectasis, Block
Effect Posterior QLB on Atelectasis
We aimed to investigate the effect of posterior quadratus lumborum block on postoperative atelectasis in inguinal hernia surgery in pediatric patients.
- Conditions
- Atelectasis, Block, Pediatrics, Quadratus Lumborum Block
- Trial name
- NCT04830280
- Testing
- posterior quadratus lumborum block
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University
Postoperative Pain, Thoracic Surgery Lung
Analgesic Efficacy and Hemodynamic Stability of Ultrasound-guided Thoracic Erector Spinae Plane Block Versus Thoracic Epidural Analgesia in Pediatric Thoracic Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Thoracic surgery in children is considered a highly invasive procedure that significantly affects respiratory mechanics and cardiovascular function, resulting in substantial physiological disturbances during the perioperative…
- Conditions
- Postoperative Pain, Thoracic Surgery Lung, Thoracotomy Analgesia, Regional Anesthesia
- Trial name
- NCT07602179
- Testing
- Thoracic erector spinae plane block (ESPB), Thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA)
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Nguyen Dang Thu
Covid19, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound in COVID-19
Initial data from COVID-19 patients suggests that one of the primary causes of death is significant endothelial injury leading to blood clotting and impaired multiorgan microvascular perfusion.
- Trial name
- NCT04640038
- Testing
- Sulfur hexafluoride lipid-type A microspheres
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Lower Resp Tract Infection
Effect of Pediatric Lung Ultrasound on Antibiotic Prescriptions in Hospitalized Children and Adolescents With Lower Respiratory Tract Infections. A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Title: Effect of Pediatric Lung Ultrasound on Antibiotic Prescriptions in Hospitalized Children and Adolescents with Lower Respiratory Tract Infections (PLUS-AP Trial) Purpose of the Study: This study is being done to find out if…
- Trial name
- PLUS-AP (NCT06876766)
- Testing
- Lung Ultrasound
- Where
- Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 176 people
- Sponsor
- American University of Beirut Medical Center
PEEP by Lung Ultrasound, PEEP With Dynamic Compliance
Postoperative Diaphragm Function in Pediatric Laparoscopic Abdominal Surgery Using Compliance and PEEP Guided by Lung Ultrasound
Protective ventilation strategies and alveolar recruitment maneuvers (ARM) are employed in patients with acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) to improve oxygenation, prevent alveolar collapse…
- Trial name
- NCT07126067
- Testing
- Lung Ultrasound and PEEP Application, Application of PEEP with Dynamic Compliance
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Konya City Hospital
Respiratory Failure, Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Ventilator Induced Diaphragm Dysfunction in Pediatric Critically Ill Patients (VIDD)
evaluation of diaphragmatic disfunction eventually occurred in pediatric patient undergoing mechanical ventilation therapy
- Conditions
- Respiratory Failure, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Mechanical Ventilation Complication
- Trial name
- VIDD (NCT03768232)
- Testing
- ultrasound asessment
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute
Ultrasonography, Pediatrics
Intraoperative Lung Ultrasound in Pediatric Patients
Investigators hypothesized that perioperative lung ultrasound would be beneficial in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery compared to those who did not receive lung ultrasound.
- Conditions
- Ultrasonography, Pediatrics, Perioperative Period, Lung
- Trial name
- LUS (NCT02535013)
- Testing
- Lung ultrasound
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 122 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Preliminary Study of Pediatric Diaphragmatic Elastography
This diaphragmatic elastography study is a preliminary pilot study to have first values of diaphragmatic stiffness in patients with a history of diaphragmatic hernia and to estimate the difference in stiffness compared to a group…
- Trial name
- ECHODIA (NCT06666140)
- Testing
- Ultrasonic elastography
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Respiratory Tract Infections (RTI), Lung Ultrasound
Ultrasound Findings in a Pediatric Population
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether focused ultrasound of the chest can be used in a practical way in children with respiratory symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT07919613
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 138 people
- Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital
Postoperative Pulmonary Atelectasis
Evaluation of Perioperative Lung Ultrasound Scores in Laparoscopic Pediatric Surgeries
Laparoscopic surgeries require carbon-dioxide into the abdomen which may occasionally lead to atelectasis. The extent of this atelectasis is not well documented in peri-operative period although it has been extensively researched…
- Trial name
- NCT06072885
- Testing
- Lung Ultrasound Scoring
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University
Pulmonary Atelectasis, Postoperative, Atelectasis, Compression
Postoperative Atelectasis in Pediatric Patients With Prone Position
This study evaluates the incidence of postoperative atelectasis after general anesthesia with prone position using lung ultrasound in children age < 3 years.
- Trial name
- NCT03486847
- Testing
- Repetitive recruitment with PEEP, One recruitment with PEEP
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Pediatric Lung Atelectasis
Effectiveness of Ultrasound-guided Lung Ventilation in Determining the Optimum Inspiratory Pressure in Pediatric Patients
This study aimed to show the Effectiveness of Ultrasound-guided Lung Ventilation to determine the appropriate level of inspiratory pressure sufficient to provide adequate pulmonary ventilation with the resolution of the…
- Trial name
- NCT06188169
- Testing
- Increasing the inspiratory pressure if atelectasis detected by US
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Cerebral Palsy, Pediatric Neurological Disorder
Lung Ultrasound for Infants' Swallowing Disorders
The aim is to test the effectiveness of lung ultrasound (LUS) in the dynamic assessment of aspiration related to abnormal swallowing in infants and young children with neurological impairment (cerebral palsy/developmental…
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Pediatric Neurological Disorder, Developmental Disability
- Trial name
- LUNCH (NCT04253951)
- Testing
- Lung Ultrasound (LUS)-monitored feeding trial
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
Pneumonia, Pediatric Infectious Disorder
Ultrasonographic Air Bronchogram in Pediatric CAP
This study evaluates the prognostic role of the change of arborescent air bronchogram, a typical ultrasonographic finding of lung consolidation due to pneumonia, in the management of pediatric CAP.
- Trial name
- USINCHILD (NCT03556488)
- Testing
- US air bronchogram score
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Pneumonia, Pneumonia Childhood
Novel Tools to Improve Management of Paediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia - ToolCAP
The ToolCAP study aims to see if using ultrasound to look at the lungs when children have symptoms of a lung infection will safely allow doctors to improve how they treat those infections.
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Pneumonia Childhood, Pneumonia - Bacterial, Pediatrics
- Trial name
- ToolCAP (NCT06670833)
- Testing
- Lung ultrasound, Standard of Care (SOC)
- Where
- 9 sites in Senegal, South Africa and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 4,894 people
- Sponsor
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne