A Pilot Study to Investigate the Feasibility, Tolerability and Safety of Using a Single Oesophageal Balloon Catheter with Multipair Electrodes to Assess Work of Breathing in Children during Sleep
- Conditions
- Sleep disordered breathingRespiratory - Sleep apnoea
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12614001254684
- Lead Sponsor
- Sydney Children's Hospital Network
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Male or female
0-18 years of age
Referred by their sleep physicians for a sleep study at SCH due to suspicion of sleep disordered breathing.
Parents / carers willing to give written informed consent and participate in the study.
Patients who have a nasogastric / nasojejunal tube in-situ.
Children who have a known allergy to latex.
Children who is known to have achalasia, oesophageal varices or strictures, previous oesophageal atresia / tracheo-oesophageal fistula repaired, recent nasal surgery, coagulation abnormality, presence of severe facial trauma or basal skull fractures.
Parents/ carers not able to give informed consent or comply with the study due to language difficulties.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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